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Table 1 Characteristics of the population

From: Emergence of psychiatric adverse events during antipsychotic treatment in AP-naïve children and adolescents

Variables

Total ETAPE sample

Group of patients with at least one psychiatric AE

All psychiatric AEs

AEs Attributable

to AP

AEs

Non attributable

to AP

N % (n)

100% (190)

63% (120)

75% (95)

25% (25)

Age mean (± SD)

12.1 (± 2.9)

12.2 (± 3.1)

12.3 (±3.1)

11.9 (±2.8)

Sex % (n)

    

Boys

73.7% (140)

70.8% (85)

72.6% (69)

64% (16)

Girls

26.3% (50)

29.2% (35)

27.4% (26)

36% (9)

Tanner status % (n)

    

I Prepuberty

32.6% (62)

33.3% (40)

31.6% (30)

40% (10)

II-IV Puberty in progress

42.7% (81)

40% (48)

41% (39)

36% (9)

V Puberty completed

24.7% (47)

26.6% (32)

27.4% (26)

24% (6)

Clinical diagnoses (DSM) % (n)

    

Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders

27.9% (53)

30% (36)

29.5% (28)

32% (8)

Disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct disorders

19.5% (37)

19.2% (23)

20% (19)

16% (4)

Bipolar disorders

11% (21)

9.2% (11)

7.4% (7)

16% (4)

Autism spectrum disorder

10.5% (20)

10.8% (13)

11.6% (11)

8% (2)

Personality disorders

9.5% (18)

10.8% (13)

12.6% (12)

4% (1)

Anxiety disorders

7.4% (14)

9.2% (11)

8.4% (8)

12% (3)

Eating disorders

4.7% (9)

4.2% (5)

4.2% (4)

0

ADHD

3.1% (6)

3.3% (4)

3.1% (3)

4% (1)

Tourette syndrome

2.6% (5)

2.5% (3)

2.1% (2)

0

Fragile X syndrome

0.5% (1)

0.8% (1)

1% (1)

0

Others

3.1% (6)

0

0

0

CGI-S mean (± SD)

4.83 (± 0.84)

4.85 (± 0.92)

4.82 (± 0.92)

4.96 (± 0.91)

CGAS mean (± SD)

47 (± 10.7)

46.2 (± 9.9)

45.6 (± 9.3)

48.3 (± 12)

AP drug

    

Risperidone

50.5% (96)

52.5% (63)

54.7% (52)

44% (11)

Aripiprazole

34.2% (65)

30.8% (37)

25.2% (24)

52% (13)

Cyamemazine

8.4% (16)

10% (12)

11.6% (11)

4% (1)

Olanzapine

4.2% (8)

3.3% (4)

4.2% (4)

0

Loxapine

1.6% (3)

2.5% (3)

3.2% (3)

0

Quetiapine

1.1% (2)

0.8% (1)

1.% (1)

0

AP generation

    

SGA

91.6% (174)

90% (108)

88.4% (84)

96% (24)

FGA

8.4% (16)

10% (12)

11.6% (11)

4% (1)

  1. Legend: AE: adverse event, AP: antipsychotic, N: number of patients, CGI-S: Clinical Global Impression-Severity, CGAS: children’s global assessment scale graduated from 10 − 1 (“needs constant supervision”) to 100 − 91 (“superior functioning”), DSM: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder DSM-IV version, SGA: second generation antipsychotic, FGA: first generation antipsychotic