Table 2.

Baseline and demographics for MWoA patients

Items	ST group (n = 20)	LT group (n = 20)	P value
Age (years) mean (SD)	27.12 (8.18)	37.52 (12.2)	0.0009
Gender (male/female)	5/15	7/13	0.7311
Education (years)	13.2 (6.03)	13.8 (5.06)	0.7352
Family history (Y/N)	6/14	8/12	0.3705
Disease duration in years (SD)	4.05 (1.64)	16.25 (1.47)	0.0000
Affect frequency per month* (SD)	4.5 (3.5)	5.38 (5.8)	0.5647
VAS score*	5.37 (1.34)	5.0 (1.8)	0.4654

Notes: SD, Standard deviation; VAS, Visual Analogue Scale; Y, yes; N, no.

^*measured for the 4 weeks before enrolment.