Table 1.

General information

Item	Control group (n=60)	Research group (n=66)	χ2/t	P
Age (years)	50.50±7.26	48.92±7.64	1.187	0.238
Sex (male/female)	39/21	36/30	1.426	0.233
Course of disease (years)	9.28±2.14	8.65±2.48	1.519	0.131
BMI (kg/m2)	24.48±5.15	24.01±5.54	0.492	0.624
Hypertension (with/without)	22/38	25/41	0.020	0.888

Note: BMI, body mass index.