Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population.

	TBE Cases n = 22	Controls n = 20
Age, years	53.7 (15.3)	50.4 (15.5)
Male sex, %	68.2	55.0
BMI, kg/m2	26.2 (4.0)	25.5 (4.1)
Obesity, %	13.6	10.0
Current smoking, %	9.1	5.0
Hypertension, %	18.2	30.0
CAD, %	9.1	5.0
Atrial fibrillation, %	0.0	10.0
Lung disease, %	4.5	15.0
Diabetes, %	0.0	5.0
Hypothyroidism, %	18.2	0.0
Anti-depressive medication, %	4.5	5.0

Definition of the abbreviations: BMI = Body Mass Index; CAD = Coronary Artery Disease; TBE = Tick-Borne Encephalitis.

Continuous data are presented as mean with standard deviation.

Categorical data are presented as percentage.