Table 1.

Clinical and laboratory data of the studied groups

Variables	Patients with ReA (n=32)	Controls (n=32)	P-value
Sex n (%)			0.10
Females	26 (81%)	20 (63%)
Males	6 (19%)	12 (37%)
Age (years)			0.27
Range	18–55	18–54
Mean ± SD	39 ± 11.46	36 ± 9.93
Race n (%)			0.05
Caucasian	1 (3%)	7 (22%)
Mestiza	16 (50%)	16 (50%)
Indigenous	15 (47%)	9 (28%)
Residence n (%)			0.50
Ciudad Capital	26 (81%)	28 (88%)
Interior de la Republica	6 (19%)	4 (12%)
Relationship n (%)			0.11
Single	6 (19 %)	11 (34 %)
Married	20 (63%)	18 (56 %)
Partnered	2 (6 %)	2 (6 %)
Divorced	2 (6 %)	0 (0 %)
Widow	2 (6 %)	1 (3 %)
Occupation n (%)
Healthcare	3 (9 %)	12 (38 %)	0.007
Manual Labor	5 (16 %)	3 (9 %)	0.46
Housekeeper	11 (34 %)	7 (22 %)	0.27
Business	6 (19%)	3 (9%)	0.29
Tobacco use n (%)	1 (3 %)	1 (3 %)	1.00
BMI mean ± SD	25.13 ± 4.44	26.01 ± 4.26	0.42
Selected Comorbidities n (%)
Diabetes Mellitus	2 (6 %)	0 (0 %)	0.16
Hypertension	5 (16 %)	2 (6 %)	0.24
Infection n (%)
Gastrointestinal	23 (72 %)	29 (91 %)	0.06
Genitourinary	10 (31 %)	4 (13 %)	0.07
STI	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Most frequent month of infection (%)	April (28 %)	August (28 %)	0.00
Antibiotics n (%)
Any	20 (63 %)	15 (47 %)	0.22