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Table 1 General characteristics of the study sample

From: Prevalence of metabolic syndrome among patients with Schizophrenia in Palestine

Variable

N(%) or Mean ± SD

P value d (Cohen’s value) and/or OR (95CI)

Chi- Square value (X 2) Or t-test value

Total

Male

Female

250 (100%)

182 (73.8%)

68 (27.2%)

Age (years)

41.9 ± 11.8

42.5 ± 11.5

40.3 ± 12.4

0.2a

 

d = 0.18

−1.3

Education

   

0.4b

 

≤ School education

213 (85.2%)

153 (84.1)

60 (88.2)

1.4 (0.62 – 3.3)

 

College education

37 (14.8%)

29 (15.9)

8 (11.8)

d = 0.18

0.68

Marital Status

   

<0.01 b

 

Married

138 (55.2%)

88 (48.4)

50 (73.5)

3 (1.6 – 5.5)

 

Single/Divorced

112 (44.8%)

94 (51.6)

18 (26.5)

d = 0.61

12.7

Smoker

   

< 0.01 b

 

Yes

153 (61.2%)

55 (80.9)

42 (23.1)

14.1 (7 – 28.3)

 

No

97 (38.8%)

13 (19.1)

140 (76.9)

d = 1.46

69.66

Occupation

   

0.1 b

 

Not working

219 (87.6%)

156 (85.7)

63 (92.6)

2.1 (0.8 – 5.7)

 

Working

31 (12.4%)

26 (14.3)

5 (7.4)

d = 0.41

2.2

Duration of psychiatric illness

15.8 ± 9.3

16.2 ± 9.0

14.8 ± 9.9

0.3 a

 

d = 0.15

−1.01

Waist Circumference

   

< 0.01 b

 

Normal

137 (54.4)

124 (68.1%)

12 (17.6%)

0.1 (0.05 – 0.2)

 

Above Normal

114 (45.6%)

58 (31.9%)

56 (82.4%)

d = −1.27

50.86

Systolic Blood Pressure

124.2 ±14.4

125.1 ± 14.1

121.8 ± 15

0.1 a

−1.6

d = 0.23

Diastolic Blood Pressure

75.5 ± 10.8

76.4 ± 10.2

73 ± 12.1

0.04 a

−2.0

d = 0.3

Triglycerides

193.2 ± 180.2

187.3 ± 125.4

208.8 ± 279

0.5 a

0.6

d = −0.1

HDL-C

44.9 ± 10.9

43.8 ± 11

46.4 ± 10.6

0.1 a

1.7

d = −0.24

FPG

99.5 ± 47.5

96.6 ± 45.3

107.3 ± 52.6

0.1 a

1.5

d = −0.2

CPZeq

436.9 ± 275.6

455.6 ± 283.7

386.8 ± 247.7

0.07 a

−1.9

d = 0.3

Olanzapine/Clozapine

   

0.9 b

 

Yes

30 (12)

22 (12.1)

8 (11.8)

1.2 (0.6 – 2.3)

0.18

No

220 (88)

160 (87.9)

60 (88.2)

d = 0.1

Drug regimen

   

0.1 b

 

Monotherapy

124 (49.6)

85 (46.7)

39 (57.4)

1.5 (0.9 – 2.7)

2.2

Combination therapy

126 (50.4)

97 (53.3)

29 (42.6)

d = 0.22

 
  1. Abbreviations: SD, Standard deviation; OR, Odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; HDL-C, High-density lipoprotein cholesterol; FPG, Fasting plasma glucose; CPZeq, Chlorpromazine equivalents.
  2. a Statistical significance of differences estimated with the independent Student’s t test.
  3. b Statistical significance of differences estimated with the Chi square test.