Prospective Study
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World J Psychiatry. May 19, 2025; 15(5): 103701
Published online May 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i5.103701
Table 1 Baseline characteristics of prominent negative symptoms and non-prominent negative symptoms

n
PNS
n
Non-PNS
N
Total
Statistics
P value
Age, year, mean ± SD34332.38 ± 13.7731035.06 ± 16.8665333.66 ± 5.36t = 2.210.027a
Sex, female, n (%)343193 (56.3)310179 (57.7)653372 (57.0)χ2 = 0.140.704
Weight, kg, mean ± SD34361.62 ± 10.4431061.66 ± 10.6065361.64 ± 10.50t = 0.040.967
Height, cm, mean ± SD199166.36 ± 7.68156166.48 ± 7.24355166.41 ± 7.48t = 0.140.887
Body mass index, kg/m2, mean ± SD19922.57 ± 2.8415622.08 ± 3.1535522.35 ± 2.99t = -1.540.124
Duration of disease, month, mean ± SD34321.02 ± 56.1831013.26 ± 32.8865317.34 ± 46.72t = -2.180.030a
BPRS total score, mean ± SD34357.41 ± 14.7631037.46 ± 10.5165347.94 ± 16.31t = -20.04< 0.001b
BPRS negative symptoms subscale, mean ± SD34312.30 ± 2.953106.35 ± 1.366539.47 ± 3.78t = -33.66< 0.001b
BPRS positive symptoms subscale, mean ± SD34313.71 ± 4.233109.43 ± 3.4565311.68 ± 4.43t = -14.25< 0.001b
BPRS anxiety-depression subscale, mean ± SD34311.70 ± 4.213108.33 ± 3.5765310.10 ± 4.27t = -11.06< 0.001b
BPRS activation subscale, mean ± SD3438.10 ± 3.373105.11 ± 2.396536.68 ± 3.30t = -13.18< 0.001b
BPRS hostility-suspiciousness subscale, mean ± SD34311.59 ± 3.653108.25 ± 3.1765310.00 ± 3.81t = -12.54< 0.001b