Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the patients
| Cases (n=77) | Controls (n=77) | ‘t’/Chi-Sq. | P | |||
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| Mean/n | ±SD/% | Mean/n | ±SD/% | |||
| Age | 33.40 | 5.33 | 32.81 | 4.91 | −0.71 | 0.476 |
| Gender (n,%) | ||||||
| Female | 66 | 85.7 | 66 | 85.7 | 0.00 | 1.000 |
| Male | 11 | 14.3 | 11 | 14.3 | ||
| Weight (kg) | 68.17 | 5.54 | 61.86 | 5.11 | 7.351 | <0.001 |
| Height (cms) | 162.01 | 4.82 | 161.97 | 5.78 | 0.045 | 0.964 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25.97 | 1.77 | 23.56 | 1.25 | 9.750 | <0.001 |
| Systolic BP (mm Hg) | 124.52 | 7.19 | 125.25 | 6.62 | −0.653 | 0.515 |
| Diastolic BP (mm Hg) | 80.92 | 3.95 | 81.09 | 3.22 | −0.291 | 0.772 |
| Heart rate (bpm) | 67.69 | 4.16 | 79.84 | 4.53 | 17.356 | <0.001 |