Table 5.
Demographic characteristics of participants post propensity score matching
| Variables | PSV group (n=82) | Control group (n=164) | P* |
| Age (years) | 46.5±14.2 | 47.2±11.1 | 0.711 |
| Gender | 0.916 | ||
| Female | 44 (53.4) | 93 (56.7) | |
| Male | 38 (46.3) | 71 (43.3) | |
| Education | 0.973 | ||
| Illiterate (%) | 25 (30.5) | 48 (29.3) | |
| Primary school (%) | 22 (26.8) | 45 (27.4) | |
| High school (%) | 18 (22.0) | 35 (21.3) | |
| University (%) | 17 (20.7) | 37 (22.6) | |
| Marital status | 0.973 | ||
| Single (%) | 29 (34.5) | 55 (33.5) | |
| Married (%) | 53 (63.1) | 109 (66.5) | |
| Smoking status | 0.904 | ||
| Never-smoker | 63 (75.8) | 129 (77.5) | |
| Ever smokers | 20 (23.2) | 37 (22.5) |
PSV: primary systemic vasculitides.
Categorical and quantitative variables were displayed as numbers (percentages) and means ± SD, respectively.
P< 0.05 was considered significant.
* P values indicate comparison between groups (Independent-sample t test or Chi squared, as appropriate).