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. 2014 Mar 6;9(3):e90768. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090768

Table 1. Clinical characteristics of patients with Addison's disease from Sweden (SE) and South Africa (SA).

Characteristics	SE	SA	p-value
N	55	55
Age (SD) years*	52.9 (13.0)	52.6 (14.4)	0.897
Female N(%)	36 (65.5)	36 (65.5)	-
BMI (SD) kg/m^2*	25.3 (3.2)	25.8 (4.1)	0.414
Hypertension N(%)	10 (18.2)	12 (21.8)	0.565
Diabetes N(%)	10(18.2)	12 (21.8)	0.599
Lipid lowering therapy N(%)	9 (16.4)	11 (20)	0.757
Smokers N(%)	4 (7.3)	4 (7.3)	0.632
Duration of disease (SD) years^*	17.3 (11.3)	14.2 (12.0)	0.173
TSH mU/L *	2.57 (2.5)	1.97 (2.7)	#
Hydrocortisone (SD) mg^*	33.0 (8.14)	24.3 (8.0)	0.001

Data presented as: * mean (standard deviation), N: number.

#: Not done as the method and reference ranges differ.