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. 2024 Jul 25;16(7):e65379. doi: 10.7759/cureus.65379

Table 1. Descriptive characteristics of the study sample.

SD: standard deviation, BMI: body mass index

  Controls Cases Overall P-value
Number (%) Number (%) Number (%)
Gender       0.001
 Female 53 (53.0) 76 (76.0) 129 (64.5)  
 Male 47 (47.0) 24 (24.0) 71 (35.5)  
  Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) P-value
Age (years) 65.2 (8.1) 68.3 (6.0) 66.8 (7.3) 0.006
BMI (kg/m2) 25.9 (1.7) 28.8 (2.3) 27.3 (2.5) <0.001