Igg-Dependent Hydrolysis of Myelin Basic Protein of Patients with Different Courses of Schizophrenia

Table 2

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with different types of schizophrenia.

Subgroups of patients with schizophrenia	Continuous course of schizophrenia	Episodic course of schizophrenia with progressive deficit	Episodic course of schizophrenia with stable deficit	Simple schizophrenia	value Kruskal–Wallis test
Number	12	12	12	12	NS
Age median (IQR)	34.00 [32.00; 54.00]	39.00 [38.00; 46.00]	39.00 [34.00; 41.00]	34.00 [26.00; 45.00]	NS
Male/female	4/7	3/8	2/7	3/6	NS
Duration of disease, years median (IQR)	14.00 [13.00; 20.00]	13.00 [6.00; 17.00]	11.00 [5.00; 12.00]	8.00 [5.00; 17.00]	NS
PANSS total score	100.00 [87.00; 116.00]	83.00 [74.00; 98.00]	76.00 [65.00; 81.00]	92.00 [84.00; 111.00]	0.0381

NS: nonsignificant; value for multiple comparisons with Kruskal–Wallis test including all groups of patients.