Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of included participants.

	SLIT (n = 56)	Latent MTrPs(n = 56)	Significance
Sex, n (%)			χ2 = 0.322 P = 0.571
Male	27 (48)	30 (54)
Female	29 (52)	26 (46)
Age (y)			t = 1.034 P = 0.303
Mean (SD)	33 (11)	31 (15)
Minimum-maximum	9–68	12–56
Symptoms of allergic rhinitis, n (%)
Persistent	56 (100)	56 (100)
Severity of allergic rhinitis, n (%)
Mild	0 (0)	0 (0)
Moderate-severe	50 (100)	40 (100)
Duration of allergic rhinitis, y (Mean ± SD)	6.18 ± 4.10	6.73 ± 3.51	t = 0.768 P = 0.444