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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Facial Plast Surg. 2017 May 1;19(3):190–196. doi: 10.1001/jamafacial.2016.1462

Table 1.

Demographic Patient Characteristics

Characteristic No. (%)
Facial Paralysis
(n = 88)		 Control
(n = 275)
Age, mean (SD), y 52.0 (14.9)   47.5 (15.6)
Sex
 Male 30 (34.1)   57 (32.6)
 Female 58 (65.9) 118 (67.4)
Race
 White 72 (81.8) 135 (77.1)
 African American   7 (7.9)   24 (13.7)
 Hispanic   4 (4.6)     4 (2.3)
 Asian or Pacific Islander   4 (4.6)     7 (4.0)
 Other   1 (1.1)     5 (2.9)
Marital status
 Single 26 (29.5)   72 (41.4)
 Married or engaged 62 (70.5) 102 (58.6)
Educational status
 High school/GED test 10 (11.4)   15 (8.7)
 Some college 15 (17.0)   21 (12.1)
 2-y college degree   6 (6.8)   12 (6.9)
 4-y college degree 31 (35.2)   64 (37.0)
 Master’s degree 16 (18.2)   47 (27.2)
 Doctoral degree 10 (11.4)   14 (8.1)

Abbreviation: GED, General Educational Development.