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. 2024 Mar 3;10(5):e27370. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27370

Table 1.

Comparison of baseline characteristics in the study groups in the randomized and non-randomized arms.

Random arm (n = 7224)
Nonrandom arm (n = 15,886)
Total
RCP n = 3617 BBIBP n = 3607 RCP n = 8054 BBIBP n = 7832 n = 23,110
Sex, n (%)
 Male 2079 (57.5) 2089 (57.9) 4466 (55.5) 3572 (45.6) 12,205 (52.8)
 Female 1538 (42.5) 1518 (42.1) 3583 (44.5) 4260 (54.4) 10,893 (47.2)
Age (year)
 Mean (SD) 36.10 (9.85) 35.68 (9.81) 37.84 (11.17) 35.73 (11.23) 36.61 (16.88)
Age group, n (%)
 18-28 804 (22.2) 861 (23.9) 1484 (20.9) 2006 (28.2) 5155 (24.0%)
 28-38 1459 (40.4) 1417 (39.3) 2424 (34.1) 2558 (35.9) 7858 (36.6%)
 38-48 1005 (27.8) 985 (27.3) 2051 (28.8) 1619 (22.7) 5660 (26.4%)
 48-58 255 (7.1) 260 (7.2) 842 (11.8) 676 (9.5) 2033 (9.5%)
 58-68 75 (2.1) 63 (1.8) 237 (3.3) 193 (2.7) 568 (2.7%)
 >68 16 (0.4) 14 (0.4) 69 (1.0) 68 (1.0) 167 (0.8%)
Body-mass index
 Mean (SD) 26.03 (4.6) 25.93 (4.5) 26.19 (4.6) 25.84 (4.6) 26.00 (4.6)
Education, n (%)
 Elementary 91 (2.5) 89 (2.5) 182 (2.3) 428 (5.5) 790 (3.4)
 Under Diploma 890 (24.6) 915 (25.4) 1608 (20.0) 2752 (35.1) 6165 (26.7)
 Diploma 1498 (41.4) 1443 (40.0) 3158 (39.3) 3230 (41.2) 9329 (40.4)
 Diploma plus 262 (7.2) 255 (7.1) 615 (7.6) 424 (5.4) 1556 (6.7)
 Bachelor 655 (18.1) 672 (18.6) 1809 (22.5) 857 (10.9) 3993 (17.3)
 Master 190 (5.3) 205 (5.7) 565 (7.0) 126 (1.6) 1086 (4.7)
 Doctoral and above 31 (0.9) 28 (0.8) 105 (1.3) 15 (0.2) 179 (0.8)
 History of covid-19 163 (4.5) 138 (3.8) 1742 (21.6) 971 (12.4) 3014 (13.0)
Type of Comorbidities
 Hypertension 126 (3.5) 93 (2.6) 356 (5.0) 272 (3.8) 847 (4.0)
 Chronic heart diseases 26 (0.7) 33 (0.9) 79 (1.1) 65 (0.9) 203 (1.0)
 Chronic non-asthma lung dis. 3 (0.1) 5 (0.1) 21 (0.3) 14 (0.2) 43 (0.2)
 Asthma 28 (0.8) 21 (0.6) 49 (0.7) 61 (0.9) 159 (0.7)
 Chronic kidney diseases 11 (0.3) 7 (0.2) 19 (0.3) 23 (0.3) 60 (0.3)
 Moderate or severe liver dis. 6 (0.2) 7 (0.2) 12 (0.2) 18 (0.3) 43 (0.2)
 Mild liver diseases (fatty liver) 126 (3.5) 125 (3.5) 263 (3.7) 183 (2.6) 697 (3.3)
 Chronic neurological diseases 41 (1.1) 43 (1.2) 94 (1.3) 111 (1.6) 289 (1.4)
 Diabetes 61 (1.7) 68 (1.9) 193 (2.7) 182 (2.6) 504 (2.4)
 Diabetes with complications 2 (0.1) 3 (0.1) 11 (0.2) 10 (0.1) 26 (0.1)
 Chronic blood diseases 18 (0.5) 17 (0.5) 38 (0.5) 29 (0.4) 102 (0.5)
 Rheumatic diseases 9 (0.3) 12 (0.3) 32 (0.5) 34 (0.5) 87 (0.4)
 Dementia 1 (0.0) 2 (0.1) 2 (0.0) 6 (0.1) 11 (0.1)
 Having one comorbidity 336 (9.3) 292 (8.1) 857 (10.6) 964 (8.9) 2179 (9.4)
 Having two or more comorbidities 55 (1.5) 56 (1.6) 205 (2.5) 184 (2.3) 500 (2.2)