Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder and healthy controls
From: Epigenetic evidence for involvement of the oxytocin receptor gene in obsessive–compulsive disorder
Characteristic | OCD patients | Healthy controls | p | Confidencea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 42) | (n = 31) | MpC < MpP | MpP < MpC | ||
Age | 29.38/29 (8.65) | 28.55/28 (9.28) | – | 0.28 | 0.28 |
Sex (male) | 61% | 64% | 0.98 | – | – |
Years of schooling | 13.67/13 (3.07) | 15.71/15 (4.4) | – | 0.01 | 0.58 |
BDI | 18.69/20 (8.86) | 2.13/1 (2.38) | – | 1.00 | 0.00 |
BAI | 18.33/18 (11.1) | 1.71/1 (1.81) | – | 1.00 | 0.00 |