Table 1.

Patient characteristics at 2-week microdialysis follow-up

	Plaster cast group	IPC group	p
Age* (years)	40 ± 7.5	41 ± 8	n.s
Sex (M/F)	18 (95%)/1 (5%)	12 (86%)/2 (14%)	n.s
Height* (cm)	179 ± 7.5	179 ± 8.4	n.s
Weight* (kg)	84.5 ± 11	86.6 ± 12.7	n.s
BMI*	26.2 ± 2.7	27.1 ± 3.6	n.s
Smoker, yes/no	1 (5%)/18 (95%)	1 (7%)/13 (93%)	n.s

M/F male and female, BMI Body Mass Index; P (n.s) non-significance p value

* The values are denoted as the Mean ± standard deviation