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Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical features of OCD patients

From: Regulation of oxytocin receptor gene expression in obsessive–compulsive disorder: a possible role for the microbiota-host epigenetic axis

SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FEATURES

 

 Gender (m;f)

34;30

 Age at recruitment (mean ± SD)

38 ± 13.8

 Education: graduated (%)

28.1

 Employment: employed (%)

57.8

 Married (%)

32.8

CLINICAL FEATURES

 

 Age at OCD onset (years, mean ± SD)

22.6 ± 10.3

 Onset < 18 y (%)

34.4

Family history of psychiatric disorder (%)

 

 None

40.6

 Unipolar Depression Family History

37.5

 Anxiety Disorders Family History

12.5

 Bipolar Disorders Family History

6.2

 OCD Family History

4.7

Psychiatric comorbidity (%)

 

 None

31.2

 Unipolar depression

26.6

 Bipolar disorders

10.9

 Anxiety disorders

15.6

 Tic + Tourette

10.9

Others

9.4

Other clinic variables

 

 Age at first treatment (years, mean ± SD)

25.5 ± 11

 Duration of untreated illness (months, mean ± SD)

48.9 ± 75.4

 Duration of illness (years, mean ± SD)

16 ± 10.7

 Psychometric variables

 

 Y-BOCS score (mean ± SD)

20.8 ± 9

Current treatment (%)

 

 Antidepressants (in combination)

90.6

 Antidepressants (monotherapy)

21.9

 Mood stabilizers

14.1

 Antipsychotics

42.2

 Benzodiazepines

28.1

 Drug-free

7.8

  1. OCD, obsessive compulsive disorder; Age at recruitment, Age at OCD onset, Age at first treatment, Duration of Untreated Illness, Duration of Illness, Y-BOCS score are reported as mean ± Standard deviation (SD)