Table 1. Baseline characteristics of the study participants.

Variable		Group
		Non EXS (n=20)	EXS (n=21)
Gender	Female	11 (55%)	17 (80.95%)*
	Male	9 (45%)	4 (19.05%)
Age (years)		32.60 ± 8.10	34.81 ± 5.85**
Height (cm)		171.85 ± 9.62	167.57 ± 7.85***
Weight (kg)		81.05 ± 15.43	77.76 ± 13.99***
BMI (kg/m2)		27.49 ± 4.97	27.82 ± 5.43***
Duration of illness (days)		761.75 ± 33.21	748.38 ± 37.57**

*χ² test, **Independent-samples t-test, ***Mann-Whitney U test. p>0.05 in all of variables between two groups.

EXS: exposure; Non-EXS: non-exposure; BMI: body mass index.