Table 1.

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of study subjects.

Characteristics	Category	Frequency	Percent (%)
sex	Female	108	52.4
	Male	98	47.6
Age	18-40	107	51.9
	41-64	63	30.6
	>=65	36	17.5
Diagnosis	CNS disorder	24	11.7
	CV disease	77	37.4
	Infectious disease	135	65.5
	Metabolic disorder	10	4.9
	GI disorder	18	8.7
	Kidney disease	17	8.3
	Others ∗	59	28.6

∗Cancer, asthma, COPD, schizophrenia, epilepsy, goiter, anemia, and trauma.