Table 1.

Demographic description of the cohort. Descriptive statistics.

Parameters		Groups						Total
		NC		C		NC + C
		n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Gender	Men	27	17.3	6	3.8	0	0.0	33	21.15
	Women	66	42.3	43	27.6	14	9.0	123	78.85
Environment of provenance	Urban	80	51.3	45	28.8	14	9.0	139	89.10
	Rural	13	8.3	4	2.6	0	0.0	17	10.90
Education	Secondary education	41	26.3	6	3.8	0	0.0	47	30.12
	High education	52	33.3	43	27.6	14	9.0	109	69.88
Age		45.76 ± 8.09		60.71 ± 8.41		66.50 ± 5.79		50.92 ± 10.60
Total		156

n = number of patients, NC = minim-invasive group, C = surgical group, NC + C = surgical lifting combined group.