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Table 1 Comparison between adolescents with conduct disorder (CD) and control adolescents regarding demographic and clinical variables

From: Serum oxytocin levels in adolescents with conduct disorder associated with callous-unemotional traits

Variable

Adolescents with CD (n = 20)

Control adolescents (n = 20)

Statistic

P value

Age (mean ± SD)

13.9 ± 1.5

14.1 ± 1.6

t = 0.4

0.7

Sex (female %)

25

35

χ2 = 0.5

0.5

SES

62.1 ± 7.7

60.3 ± 7.5

t = 0.8

0.5

IQ

80.9 ± 6.7

83.6 ± 7.2

t = 1.2

0.1

YPI-S score

33.7 ± 9.9

9.9 ± 2.2

t = 10.5

0.001

ICU—parent report

34.7 ± 8.1

26.7 ± 1.2

t = 1.7

0.1

ICU—self-report

36.4 ± 4.6

26.6 ± 2.4

t = 8.2

0.001

OT levels

33.4 ± 21.3

161.7 ± 142.4

t = 3.9

0.001

  1. SD standard deviation, SES socioeconomic status according to Modified Fahmi and El-Sherbini scale, YPI-S Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory-Short, ICU Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits, OT oxytocin