TABLE 1.

The baseline characteristics in two groups.

Characteristic	Group A (n = 18)	Group B (n = 15)	Statistical value	p-Value
No. of women, n (%)	12 (66.67%)	13 (86.67%)	1.782	0.182
Age (years), mean ± SD	22.78 ± 1.63	21.20 ± 2.40	2.243	0.032*
BMI, mean ± SD	19.09 ± 1.48	19.70 ± 1.96	–1.030	0.311
Course of disease (M), mean ± SD	42.83 ± 26.15	33.60 ± 19.18	1.136	0.265
SID score, mean ± SD	3.89 ± 1.41	3.80 ± 1.42	–0.149	0.882
NDLQI score, mean ± SD	77.58 ± 8.41	74.60 ± 11.43	0.863	0.395
NDSI score, mean ± SD	45.67 ± 17.27	41.93 ± 14.07	0.671	0.507
SAS score, mean ± SD	40.32 ± 7.68	43.67 ± 9.77	–1.104	0.278
SDS score, mean ± SD	41.90 ± 9.11	45.18 ± 10.29	–0.971	0.339

BMI, body mass index; NDLQI, the Nepean Dyspepsia Life Quality Index; NDSI, the Nepean Dyspepsia Symptom Index; SAS, Self-Rating Anxiety Scale; SDS, Self-Rating Depression Scale; SID, Symptom Index of Dyspepsia. *p < 0.05.