Table I.

Demographic characteristics

Characteristic	N	MD group (N=21)	OFP group (N=10)	p-value
Age in years (mean, range) *	31	59 (31-82)	64 (55-84)	0.498
Sex – Female (n, %) ^	31	17 (81%)	6 (60%)	0.213
Race – Caucasian (n, %) ^	31	21 (100%)	10 (100%)	1
Level of education (n, %) ^	31			0.775
High school graduate		3 (14%)	3 (30%)
Some college/Associate’s degree		8 (38%)	3 (30%)
Bachelor’s degree		7 (33%)	3 (30%)
Graduate degree		3 (14%)	1 (10%)
EQ-5D-5L Index Value (mean, SD) *	31	0.789 (0.214)	0.855 (0.131)	0.374

^*Mann-Whitney U test;

^{^}Chi-square test