<prompt> Which is true about age and sex distribution of Schizophrenia?Most common age is 50 yearsEarly onset is a good prognostic factorMale sex is a poor prognostic factorMales are prone for the disease  <response>: Ans. is c i.e., Male sex is a poor prognostic factor The schizophrenia starts in late adolescent and early adult 15-25 years. Men and women have an equal lifetime risk for schizophrenia. However, schizophrenia tends to strike women 3-4 years later than men. Most men develop schizophrenia between 15 and 25 years of age. For women the period of maximum onset is between 15 and 30 with a smaller peak between 45 and 50 after menopause. Women tend to have milder forms of the disease in their younger year than their male counterparts. Early age of onset 20 years of age male sex are considered poor prognostic factors where as late age of onset 35 years of age 8c female sex are considered good prognostic factors. 