Research Article

Distinct Associations of Cognitive Impairments and Reduced Gray Matter Volumes in Remitted Patients with Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics.

CharacteristicGroup; or no. (%) valuePost hoc analysis
HC ()SZ ()BD ()

Age, yeara0.9660.383
Male sexb21 (37.5%)13 (28.3%)10 (28.6%)1.2600.533
Education, yeara2.8210.063
Handedness, rightb56 (100%)46 (100%)35 (100%)
First episode, yesb27 (58.7%)10 (28.6%)7.2690.007SZ>BD
Duration (month)c () ()1.0710.304
Medication, yesb42 (91.3%)29 (82.9%)1.3110.252
Antipsychoticb38 (86.4%)17 (58.6%)7.2420.007SZ>BD
Mood stabilizerb7 (15.9%)17 (58.6%)14.450<0.001BD>SZ
Antidepressantb11 (25.0%)6 (20.7%)0.1820.670
HAMD-17, total scored13.5370.001SZ>HC ()
BD>HC ()
SZ vs. BD ()
YMRS, total scored3.2740.195
BPRS, total scored24.500<0.001SZ>HC ()
BD>HC ()
SZ vs. BD ()

BD, bipolar disorder; BPRS, Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale; , one-way ANOVA; , Kruskal-Wallis test; HAMD-17, Hamilton Depression Scale; HAMA, Hamilton Anxiety Scale; HC, healthy control; SZ, schizophrenia; SD, standard deviation; , independent-samples -test; YMRS, Young Mania Rating Scale; , Chi-square test; aOne-way ANOVA; bChi-square test; cindependent-samples -test; dKruskal-Wallis test. Significant at ; post hoc analysis is the Bonferroni correction.