Psychic euosmia among obsessive-compulsive personality disorder patients: A case control study

Table 1 Socio-demographical characteristics of the sample

Variable	HC, n = 84	OCPD, n = 45	Statistics
	mean ± SD	mean ± SD	t	P value
Age	38.9 ± 15.2	44.9 ± 17.3	1.988	0.049
Education in yr	15.9 ± 2.7	15.3 ± 3.1	1.103	0.272
Sex	n (%)	n (%)	χ2	P value
Male	36 (42.9)	21 (46.7)	0.233	0.629
Female	48 (57.1)	24 (53.3)

^aP < 0.05.

HC: Healthy controls; OCPD: Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder; SD: Standard deviation.

Table 2 Estimated odds ratio for the presence of psychic euosmia

	OCPD, n	HC, n
Presence of PE	36	36
Absence of PE	9	48

HC: Healthy controls; OCPD: Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder; PE: Psychic euosmia.

Table 3 Mean scores and standard deviation in each Disgust Scale Revised subscale

Disgust Scale-Revised subscales	OCPD, n = 45	HC, n = 84	Statistics
	mean ± SD	mean ± SD	t	P value
Core	28.2 ± 8.5	27.2 ± 8.2	0.692	0.490
Animal reminder	16.0 ± 6.7	14.6 ± 6.5	1.140	0.257
Contamination	9.2 ± 4.9	7.8 ± 3.5	1.765	0.082
Total	53.5 ± 17.3	49.6 ± 15.6	1.298	0.197

HC: Healthy controls; OCPD: Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.