Table 1.
Comparison of general and demographic data between the two groups.
| Variables | ACV α
n = (37) |
Control β
n = (36) |
p-value £ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Age (year)
Mean ± SD |
53.11 ± 5.64 | 52.94 ± 8.46 | 0.92 | |
| Gender, n (%) | 0.61 | |||
| Female | 25 (52.1) | 23 (47.9) | ||
| Male | 12 (48) | 13 (52) | ||
| Ethnicity, n (%) | 1 | |||
| Arab | 26 (51) | 25 (49) | ||
| Persian | 11 (50) | 11 (50) | ||
| Physical Activity, n (%) | 0.38 | |||
| Inactive | 29 (53.7) | 25 (46.3) | ||
| Moderate | 8 (42.1) | 11 (57.9) | ||
| High | 11 (44) | 14 (56) | ||
| Job, n (%) | 0.33 | |||
| Retired | 5 (50) | 5 (50) | ||
| Housewife | 22 (56.4) | 17 (43.6) | ||
| Employee | 8 (57.1) | 6 (42.9) | ||
| Self-Employment | 2 (20) | 8 (80) | ||
| Education, n (%) | 0.65 | |||
| Illiterate | 4 (44.4) | 5 (55.6) | ||
| High School | 21 (51.2) | 20 (48.8) | ||
| Diploma or college | 5 (38.5) | 8 (61.5) | ||
| University education | 7 (70) | 3 (30) |
αReceived 30 ml of apple cider vinegar and a recommendation for a healthy diet; βReceived only a recommendation for a healthy diet. £Independent sample t-test or Chi-square test for quantitative and qualitative variables respectively.
ACV, apple cider vinegar. SD, standard deviation.