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 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |