Table 1.

Patient profile: Expressed in Mean, standard deviations (S.D.) and percentage.

S. No	Clinical Profile		Group A		Group B		Total	p value
			No.	%	No.	%
1	Age (yrs)		38.94 ± 11.74		42.57 ± 12.63		40.78±12.24	0.221
2	Sex	Male	8	23.5%	9	26.4%	17 (25%)	0.779
		Female	26	76.4%	25	73.5%	51 (75%)
3	Socio Economic Status	Poor	0	0%	4	11.7%	4 (5.8%)	0.055
		Middle class	30	88.2%	29	85.2%	59 (86.7%)
		Higher Middle class	4	11.7%	1	2.9%	5 (7.3%)
4	Food	Vegetarian	24	68.5%	30	88.2%	54 (79.4%)	0.072
		Mixed	10	29.4%	4	11.7%	14 (20.5%)
5	Educational Status	Illiterate	10	29.4%	15	44.1%	25 (%)	0.775
		Primary	1	2.9 %	1	2.9%	2 (2.9%)
		Secondary	9	26.4%	8	23.5%	17 (25%)
		Graduate	13	38.2%	9	26.4%	22 (32.3%)
		Post Graduate	1	2.9%	1	2.9%	2 (2.9%)
6	Prakurti (Body constitution)	Vata	8	23.52%	8	23.52%	16(23.5%)	0.926
		Pitta	6	17.64%	9	26.4%	15(22.%)
		Kapha	2	5.88%	2	5.88%	4(5.8%)
		Vata pitta	1	2.94%	1	2.94%	2(2.9%)
		Vata kapha	17	0.5%	14	41.1%	31(45.5%)
7	Sleep disturbance	Yes	27	79.4%	23	67.6%	50(73.5%)	0.272
		No	7	20.5%	11	32.3%
8	Duration of illness (In Days)		38.94 ± 11.74		42.57 ± 12.63		40.74 ± 12.28	0.221
9	Weight		59.99 ±8.65		61.28±10.65			0.583
10	BMI		22.52 ±2.86		22.68±3.47			0.867
11	Drop outs		0	0%	0	0%	0%
12	Study completed		34	100%	34	100%	68 (100%)
13	Total		34		34		68