Table 1.

Patients' general information.

	EG (n = 45)	CG (n = 45)	x 2 or t	P
Age (years old)			0.115	0.909
	65.25 ± 3.32	65.33 ± 3.29
Gender			0.047	0.829
Male	28 (62.22)	27 (60.00)
Female	17 (37.78)	18 (40.00)
BMI (kg/m2)			1.119	0.266
	26.27 ± 1.59	25.89 ± 1.63
Duration of disease (months)			0.041	0.968
	3.12 ± 1.21	3.13 ± 1.11
SAS score (points)			1.533	0.129
	47.33 ± 0.51	47.17 ± 0.48
SDS score (points)			0.258	0.797
	52.13 ± 1.61	52.21 ± 1.32
Disease staging			0.062	0.803
IIIb	35 (77.78)	34 (75.56)
IV	10 (22.22)	11 (24.44)
Place of residence			0.050	0.822
Urban area	31 (68.89)	30 (66.67)
Rural area	14 (31.11)	15 (33.33)