title: Socio-demographic and clinical profiles of paranoid and nonparanoid schizophrenia: a prospective, multicenter study in China.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to explore the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of paranoid and nonparanoid subtypes of schizophrenia.
  
  
  METHODS
  In a multicenter, randomized, controlled, longitudinal study, 374 clinically stable schizophrenia patients were interviewed at entry with standardized assessment instruments and followed for 12-26 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the multivariate analysis, male sex, married marital status, urban abode, and more frequent relapse over the study period were independently associated with paranoid schizophrenia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of Chinese patients with the paranoid subtype of schizophrenia are different from those of their Caucasian counterparts who are more likely to be women and have a better outcome.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Yu-Tao
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.forename: Chuan-Yue
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Helen F K
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: Yong-Zhen
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Weng
authors.forename: Qi-Jing
authors.initials: QJ
authors.lastname: Bo
authors.forename: Sandra S M
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Edwin H M
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Gabor S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Ungvari
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D017668:Age of Onset; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000188:drug therapy; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents