Table 1.

Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of participants with neuropathic pain in groups. A and B

Characteristics	Group A (n= 29)	Group B (n= 29)	p
Age	57.09 [(16.40) 50.00-64.18]	51.65 [(12.23) 46.36-56.94]	0.21a
Range	27-78	31-78
Time since onset of pain (mo)	6.95 [(1.06) 6.49-7.41]	7.22 [(1.20) 6.69-7.74]	0.44a
Range	6-9	6-10
Sex (female/male) No (%)	16/13	15/14	1.00b
Type of neuropathic pain (NeuP) No (%)
Low back pain with leg pain (female/male) No (%)	9/7	8/7	1.00b
Tunnel Carpal Syndrome (female/male) No (%)	7/6	7/7	1.00b
VAS score Low back pain	8.26 [(0.70) 7.87-6.78]	8.00 [(1.00) 7.44-8.55]	0.40a
VAS score Tunnel Carpal Syndrome	7.66 [(1.17) 7.01-8.31]	7.36 [(1.04) 6.77-7.94]	0.45a

Values are means [(SD: standard deviation) 95% CI: 95% confidence interval unless otherwise specified;

VAS: Visual Analogic Scale (0-10 point);

^a As determined by an independent 2-sample t;

^b As determined by Fisher’s exact test.