Table 1.

Frequency Distribution For CHB And Healthy Groups

Variable		Healthy (447)	CHB (376)	p-value
Age (years)	30 and less	136 (30.4%)	90 (24.1%)	0.11
	31–49	199 (44.5%)	190 (50.4%)
50 and more	112 (25.1%)	96 (25.5%)
Sex	Male	233 (52.1%)	187 (49.6%)	0.47
Female	214 (47.9%)	189 (50.4%)
Education	Illiterate	33 (7.7%)	67 (18%)	0.03
	Elementary	74 (17.3%)	80 (21.3%)
	Intermediate	35 (8.2%)	27 (6.6%)
	High school	147 (34.4%)	135 (36.1%)
Academic	138 (32.3%)	67 (18%)
Marital status	Single	84 (18.8%)	43 (11.4%)	0.005
	Married	356 (79.6%)	325 (87.3%)
Divorced or widowed	7 (1.6%)	8 (1.4%)

Notes: Data presented as n (%). Bold values indicate significance.