Table 2.
The distribution of patients according to clinic characteristics (n = 80).
| Characteristics | Application group | Control group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 40) | (n = 40) | χ 2 | p | |||
| n | % | n | % | |||
| Hypertension | ||||||
| Yes | 9 | 22.5 | 8 | 20.0 | 3.21 | p > 0.05 |
| No | 31 | 77.5 | 32 | 80.0 | ||
| CEAP classification | ||||||
| Class 1 | 14 | 35.0 | 12 | 30.0 | 1.98 | p > 0.05 |
| Class 2 | 16 | 40.0 | 15 | 37.5 | ||
| Class 3 | 10 | 25.0 | 13 | 32.5 | ||
| BMI (kg/m2) | ||||||
| <18.5 | 4 | 10.0 | 2 | 5.0 | 1.22 | p > 0.05 |
| 18.5–24.9 | 9 | 22.5 | 11 | 27.5 | ||
| 25–29.9 | 16 | 40.0 | 13 | 32.5 | ||
| 30–34.9 | 10 | 25.0 | 11 | 27.5 | ||
| 35–39.9 | 1 | 2.5 | 2 | 5.0 | ||
| >40 | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | |||
| DM | ||||||
| Yes | 6 | 15.0 | 4 | 10.0 | 2.77 | p > 0.05 |
| No | 34 | 85.0 | 36 | 90.0 | ||
CEAP: C: clinical presentation, E: etiologic factors, A: anatomical distribution, and P: pathophysiological conditions; DM: diabetes mellitus; HT: hypertension; BMI: body mass index.