Influence of sex on age at onset of schizophrenia |
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| Authors: | A Shimizu M Kurachi M Noda N Yamaguchi H Torii K Isaki |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University. |
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| Abstract: | The age at onset of schizophrenia was investigated in 2,417 inpatients (1,433 males and 984 females) meeting the DSM-III criteria for schizophrenia. About 80% of the patients became schizophrenic before the age of 30. The mean age at onset of the male patients was slightly earlier than that of the female patients. There was a higher cumulative percentage of the male patients who became affected at each age quinquennium. More men than women became schizophrenic before the age of 30. |
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