Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the participants.

Variables	Study Group		Control Group		p-Value
n	26		53
Age (mean, sd)	27.1 ± 9.4		37.4 ± 9.2		<0.001 1
Gender (n, %)
Male	2	7.7%	5	3.8%
Female	24	92.3%	48	96.2%
Education (n, %)
Higher	14	53.8%	44	76.9%
Secondary	12	46.2%	9	23.1%

¹ Independent sample t-test.