Table 7.

General information on patients with AR and healthy individuals

Data	Healthy individuals (n=493)	Allergic Rhinitis (n=493)	t	P value
Age (years)	37.64 ± 7.35	37.76 ± 7.89	0.235	0.814
Gender (M/F)	254/239	249/244	0.065	0.799
Smoking history	178 (36.11%)	169 (34.28%)	0.285	0.594
Drinking history	153 (31.03%)	173 (35.09%)	1.654	0.198
Hypertension [n (%)]	82 (16.63%)	94 (19.07%)	0.837	0.36
Diabetes [n (%)]	37.64 ± 7.35	37.76 ± 7.89	0.235	0.814
Family history of allergic rhinitis	205 (41.58%)	212 (43%)	0.15	0.699
Hyperlipidemia [n (%)]	79 (16.02%)	64 (12.98%)	1.603	0.205

AR, Allergic rhinitis.