Table 2.

Demographic characteristic and histopathological diagnosis of patients

Group	N	Age [y]: mean ± SD; median (range)	P* (LS grades)	P (all groups)	BMI: mean ± SD	P* (LS grades)	P* (all groups)	CRP [mg/dL]: mean ± SD	P* (LS grades)	P* (all groups)
Control	13	31.38 ± 14.80; 24.0 (21–65)		0.0011	28.21 ± 6.96		Ns (0.86)	1.76 ± 2.85		Ns (0.11)
LS	49	53.20 ± 17.61; 50.0 (23–86)			27.90 ± 4.93			4.62 ± 9.88
LS early	13	54.92 ± 18.82; 55.0 (23–86)	Ns (0.14)		27.58 ± 7.11	Ns (0.93)		5.27 ± 9.82	Ns (0.76)
LS moderate	32	50.63 ± 16.65; 46.0 (23–83)			27.58 ± 7.11			4.60 ± 10.59
LS severe	4	65.25 ± 17.21; 71.0 (45–86)			27.58 ± 7.11			2.70 ± 3.14

*Student’s t-test used if Shapiro–Wilk normality test was passed, if not—Mann–Whitney U test was applied