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. 2024 Mar 12;14:5993. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-56315-8

Table 1.

Characteristics of included participants.

Controls Dermatologic Cosmetic p-value
Age 27.85 ± 12.60 30.28 ± 16.41 28.29 ± 10.73 0.217
BMI 24.43 ± 5.15 25.09 ± 5.65 24.06 ± 3.75 0.076
Gender
 Male 81 (17.5%) 268 (30.5%) 8 (5.6%) < 0.001
 Female 381 (82.5%) 610 (69.5%) 134 (94.4%)
Educational level
 Primary 6 (1.3%) 63 (7.2%) 0 (0.0%) < 0.001
 Secondary 54 (11.9%) 251 (28.8%) 13 (9.2%)
 Undergraduate 377 (83.2%) 502 (57.6%) 122 (86.5%)
 Postgraduate 16 (3.5%) 55 (6.3%) 6 (4.3%)
Monthly income (JOD)*
 < 1000 220 (47.6%) 570 (68.2%) 56 (39.4%) < 0.001
 1000–2000 153 (33.1%) 197 (23.6%) 49 (34.5%)
 > 2000 89 (19.3%) 69 (8.3%) 37 (26.1%)
Marital status
 Single 334 (72.3%) 572 (66.1%) 108 (76.1%) 0.011
 Married 128 (27.7%) 293 (33.9%) 34 (23.9%)
Financial stress
 Yes 236 (51.1%) 460 (53.1%) 69 (48.6%) 0.548
 No 226 (48.6%) 407 (46.9%) 73 (51.4%)

*1 Jordanian Dinar (JOD) = 1.41 USD.