Table 1. Baseline demographic characteristics of patients.
ESWT group | Control group | Total | ||||||||||
n | % | Mean±SD | Range | n | % | Mean±SD | Range | n | % | Mean±SD | Range | |
Age (year) | 45.0±12.0 | 21-74 | 43.3±11.9 | 19-68 | 44.2±11.9 | 19-74 | ||||||
Sex | ||||||||||||
Male | 7 | 14.3 | 9 | 20 | 16 | 17 | ||||||
Female | 42 | 85.7 | 36 | 80 | 78 | 83 | ||||||
Marital status | ||||||||||||
Married | 40 | 81.6 | 35 | 77,8 | 75 | 79,8 | ||||||
Single | 9 | 18.4 | 10 | 22,2 | 19 | 20,2 | ||||||
Smoking status | ||||||||||||
Smoker | 24 | 49 | 18 | 40 | 42 | 44,7 | ||||||
Non-smoker | 25 | 51 | 27 | 60 | 52 | 55,3 | ||||||
Education status | ||||||||||||
None | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2,2 | 1 | 1,1 | ||||||
Read and write | 6 | 12.2 | 6 | 13,3 | 12 | 12,8 | ||||||
Primary school | 22 | 44.9 | 23 | 51,1 | 45 | 47,9 | ||||||
Secondary school | 8 | 16.3 | 3 | 6,7 | 11 | 11,7 | ||||||
High school | 10 | 20.4 | 10 | 22,2 | 20 | 21,3 | ||||||
University | 3 | 6.1 | 2 | 4,4 | 5 | 5,3 | ||||||
Occupation | ||||||||||||
Housewife | 31 | 63.3 | 25 | 55,6 | 56 | 59,6 | ||||||
Retired | 2 | 4.1 | 1 | 2,2 | 3 | 3,2 | ||||||
Student | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,1 | ||||||
Full-time | 11 | 22.4 | 14 | 31,1 | 25 | 26,6 | ||||||
Part-time | 4 | 8.2 | 5 | 11,1 | 9 | 9,6 | ||||||
ESWT: Extracorporeal shock wave therapy; SD: Standard deviation. |