Table 1.

Distribution of the healthy controls and patients with GBSD by age and sex (n)

Age(Years)	GBSD patients			Healthy controls			P value
	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
~ 29	2	9	11	10	5	15	0.014*
30 ~ 39	16	11	27	21	12	33	0.729
40 ~ 49	37	24	61	42	51	93	0.060
50 ~ 59	46	26	72	39	41	80	0.061
60~	35	14	49	13	17	30	0.013*
Total	136	84	220	125	126	251	0.009*

Note: * P < 0.05 is indicative of a statistically significant difference in the gender distribution ratio of GBSD patients compared to healthy controls across corresponding age groups