Table 2.
Demography and clinical characteristics of the patients with the relative statistical analysis calculated by means of t-test for the age group comparison and chi-square test for differences in proportion
| Sample characteristics | Total (N = 47) | Leaf group (N = 23) | RME group (N = 24) | Significance (p value) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean age ± Standard deviation | 8.1 ± 0.9 | 7.9 ± 0.7 | 8.2 ± 0.8 | 0.181 | ||
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 23 | 11 | 12 | 0.882 | ||
| Female | 24 | 12 | 12 | |||
| Stage of development | ||||||
| CVMS I | 31 | 15 | 16 | 0.619 | ||
| CVMS II | 16 | 9 | 7 | |||
*Italicized values signify significant difference between groups (p value < 0.05)