Table 1.
Demographic and clinical data of the study population
| Patients | Controls | p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender: male/female (ratio) | 91/117 | 91/96 | 0.328 |
| Age (years) | 44.11 ± 13.518 | 38.53 ± 13.222 | <0.001 |
| Age group | |||
| Youth (<20 years) | 11 (5.3 %) | 17 (9 %) | 0.021 |
| Adult (20 ≤ years < 50) | 122 (58.6 %) | 125 (66.9 %) | |
| Old (≤50 years) | 75 (36.1 %) | 45 (24.1 %) | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 27.098 ± 5.60 | 26.962 ± 4.58 | 0.793 |
| Obesity | |||
| Normal | 72 (34.6 %) | 71 (38 %) | 0.361 |
| Over weight | 75 (36.1 %) | 73 (39 %) | |
| Obese | 61 (29.3 %) | 43 (23 %) | |
| Cigarette smoking | 0.93 | ||
| Smokers | 64 (32 %) | 59 (32 %) | |
| Non-smokers | 136 (68 %) | 128 (68 %) | |
| Alcoholic beverages | 0.807 | ||
| Consumers | 42 (20.2 %) | 40 (21.4 %) | |
| Non-consumers | 164 (78.8 %) | 147 (78.6) | |
| Drugs use | |||
| Yes | 17 (8.2 %) | 8 (4.3 %) | 0.112 |
| No | 191 (91.8 %) | 179 (95.7 %) | |
| Treatments | |||
| No | 26 | – | – |
| Tricyclic antidepressants (TCA) | 42 | – | |
| SIRS | 94 | – | |
| Atypique | 16 | – | |
| SIRS + TCA | 6 | – | |