Research Article

Altered Spontaneous Brain Activity in Schizophrenia: A Meta-Analysis and a Large-Sample Study

Table 3

Demographic and clinical data of participants in the large-sample study.

VariablesPatients
= 86)
Controls
( = 89)

Age (years)33.4 ± 7.833.5 ± 10.60.957
Gender (males/females)46/4040/490.258
Illness duration (months)16.3 ± 41.1
PANSS total70.5 ± 23.4
PANSS positive16.6 ± 8.1
PANSS negative20.2 ± 8.9

Among the 86 schizophrenia patients, 6 patients were first-episode and 80 patients were chronic.