Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics versus Low and High COX-2 Scores

Variables	Characteristics	Total 100 (100.0%)	Low COX-2 41 (41.0%)	High COX-2 59 (59.0%)	p-value
Age	Mean ± SD	48.28 ± 11.83	45.02 ± 11.20	50.54 ± 11.82	0.02*
Region	Punjab	88 (88.0)	35 (39.8)	53 (60.2)	0.5
	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	7.0 (7.0)	3 (42.9)	4 (57.1)
	Kashmir	3.0 (3.0)	1 (33.3)	2 (66.7)
	Sindh	2.0 (2.0)	2 (100.0)	0 (0.0)

values indicate statistical significance p< 0.05; SD, Standard deviation