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Table 1 Means and standard deviations of participant demographics comparing healthy controls and participants with schizophrenia in PBMC samples

From: The value of interleukin 6 as a peripheral diagnostic marker in schizophrenia

Demographic

Healthy Controls

Patients with Schizophrenia

Sex (M/F)

24/29

34/19

t = 1.97; p = 0.052

Age (Mean ± SD)

35.5 ± 11.4

36.8 ± 11.8

t = -0.57; p = 0.57

Race (%)

 

Caucasian, non-Hispanic

17 (32)

4 (8)

Black, non-Hispanic

18 (34)

39 (73)

Asian or other Pacific Islander

11 (21)

3 (6)

Hispanic

7 (13)

7 (13)

 

F(1,105) = 0.10; p = 0.75

BMI (Mean ± SD)

29.3 ± 8.5

31.6 ± 7.7

t = -1.36; p = 0.18

Waist Circumference

39.8 ± 8.45

42.0 ± 8.17

 

t = -1.26; p = 0.209

  1. Statistical differences between the various parameters were determined by a Student’s t-test or one way ANOVA, with results indicated