Exploring the role of serum uric acid as a biomarker in patients with schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder, and major depressive disorder

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 1 Sociodemographic data of the participants

Sociodemographic data		Patient group						Control group		Total		p-value	Test of significance
		Bipolar		Schizophrenia		MDD		Control group		Total
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Age	Mean ± SD	32.6	9.14	34.6	9.23	34.5	11.59	36.6	12.29			0.312	1.197 ANOVA
Gender	Female	21	42.00	20	40.00	33	66.00	34	68.00	108	54.00	0.003*	χ² = 13.688
Gender	Male	29	58.00	30	60.00	17	34.00	16	32.00	92	46.00	0.003*	χ² = 13.688
Residence	Urban	29	58.00	37	74.00	38	76.00	34	68.00	138	69.00	0.205	χ² = 4.582
Residence	Rural	21	42.00	13	26.00	12	24.00	16	32.00	62	31.00	0.205	χ² = 4.582
Marital status	Single	25	50.00	26	52.00	9	18.00	21	42.00	81	40.50	< 0.001*	χ² = 48.503
	Married	23	46.00	17	34.00	35	70.00	29	58.00	104	52.00
	Widowed	0	0.00	0	0.00	6	12.00	0	0.00	6	3.00
	Divorce	2	4.00	7	14.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	9	4.50
Education	Illiterate	5	10.00	3	6.00	11	22.00	1	2.00	20	10.00	< 0.001*	χ² = 33.509
	Read and write	2	4.00	9	18.00	5	10.00	3	6.00	19	9.50
	Middle	23	46.00	26	52.00	20	40.00	14	28.00	83	41.50
	High	20	40.00	12	24.00	14	28.00	32	64.00	78	39.00
Occupation	Student	6	12.00	2	4.00	4	8.00	0	0.00	12	6.00	< 0.001*	χ² = 163.934
	Professional	6	12.00	1	2.00	8	16.00	18	36.00	33	16.50
	Housewife	7	14.00	16	32.00	21	42.00	0	0.00	44	22.00
	Unemployed	13	26.00	26	52.00	4	8.00	0	0.00	43	21.50
	Technician	2	4.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	24	48.00	26	13.00
	Service	7	14.00	3	6.00	6	12.00	8	16.00	24	12.00
	Manual worker	7	14.00	1	2.00	5	10.00	0	0.00	13	6.50
	Clerical	2	4.00	1	2.00	2	4.00	0	0.00	5	2.50

MDD Major depressive disorder, *statistically significant, SD Standard deviation