Table 1.
Pre-treatment | GFD | |
Number | 177 | 163 |
Age (yr) | 44 (30-50) | 37 (28-47)a |
Sex (male/female) | 74/103 | 42/121 |
Smoking status | ||
Smoker | 29 (16) | 33 (25) |
Non-smoker | 148 (84) | 130 (75) |
City of residence | ||
< 100 000 inhabitants | 69 (43) | 61 (39) |
100 000-500 000 | 72 ( 45) | 65 (41) |
> 500 000 | 18 (12) | 31 (20) |
Family status | ||
Single | 57 (33) | 67 (42) |
Married | 108 (63) | 84 (53) |
Widowed | 5 (4) | 8 (5) |
Educational level | ||
No studies | 7 (4) | 4 (2) |
Primary | 56 (33) | 38 (24) |
Secondary | 55 (32) | 61 (38) |
University studies | 52 (31) | 55 (36) |
Occupational status | ||
Employee/self-employed | 67 (41) | 94 (62) |
Retired/pensioner | 36 (22) | 14 (9) |
Housewife | 30 (18) | 16 (10 ) |
Student | 12 (7) | 19 (12) |
Unemployed | 17 (12) | 10 (7) |
Disease duration (mo) | - | 48 (24-84) |
Duration of symptoms before diagnosis (mo) | 24 (7-84) | 12 (5-40) |
Presence of symptoms at inclusion | 118 (80) | 52 (33)b |
Presence of associated diseases at inclusion | 42 (41) | 41 (37) |
Results are expressed as medians and (25th and 75th percentiles) or absolute values and (percentage).
P < 0.05,
P < 0.01.