Bone age in adolescents with schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
The bone age (BA), height and weight of 20 adolescents with schizophrenia and 21 matched adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder (COD) were measured. The BA of the schizophrenic patients was significantly higher than their chronological age (CA)(p < 0.05), while the OCD subjects' BA was non-significantly lower than their CA. In addition, the difference between CA and BA (delta ages) in the schizophrenic adolescents was significantly different from the delta ages of the OCD adolescents (p , 0.05). Gender did not significantly affect BA or delta ages. A positive correlation (r = 0.5, p < 0.01) was obtained between CA and delta ages in the schizophrenic patients but not in the OCD patients. Both groups were within the normal range of weight and height percentiles.
Anxiety Disorders and Behavior Therapy Unit, Geha Psychiatric Hospital, Petah Tiqwa, Israel.
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Katz
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Gothelf
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Hermesh
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Weizman
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Apter
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Horev
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000365:Age Determination by Skeleton; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications*