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Table 1 Demographics and clinical features of participants

From: Reduced DNA methylation of the oxytocin receptor gene is associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder

 

Men

 

Women

 
 

OCDa (n = 112)

HCa (n = 56)

Pb

OCDa (n = 39)

HCa (n = 52)

Pb

Age

21.9 ± 2.2

21.5 ± 3.5

0.385

21.8 ± 2.2

21.1 ± 3.6

0.269

Education, year

12.7 ± 1.7

13.5 ± 1.7

0.006

13.1 ± 1.8

13.6 ± 1.9

0.26

Age of onset

14.3 ± 4.1

  

14.7 ± 4.0

  

Duration of illness, year

7.6 ± 4.5

  

7.0 ± 3.9

  

MADRS

20.6 ± 9.8

  

19.7 ± 9.7

  

Y-BOCS

25.0 ± 6.9

  

25.9 ± 6.5

  
  1. OCD obsessive-compulsive disorder, HC healthy control, MADRS Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale, Y-BOCS Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale
  2. aMean ± standard deviation
  3. bIndependent samples t test
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Clinical Epigenetics

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