Table 2.

Demographic characteristics in the neurological cretins and control.

Characteristics	Total	Endemic cretins (n=31)	Control (n=85)	P Value
Gender n (%)
Male	47 (40.5)	17 (54.8)	30 (35.3)	0.058
Female	69 (59.5)	14 (45.2)	55 (64.7)
Age(years) n (%)
41–50	31 (26.7)	7 (22.6)	24 (28.2)	0.127
51–60	42 (36.2)	8 (25.8)	34 (40.0)
61–70	29 (25.0)	11(35.5)	18 (21.2)
71–79	14 (12.1)	5 (16.1)	9 (10.6)
Height (cm) $\overline{x}\pm s$
Total	159.62 ± 8.21	157.71 ± 8.45	160.39 ± 8.05	0.126
Male	165.95 ± 5.89	163.18 ± 5.60	167.70 ± 5.45	0.013*
Female	155.27 ± 6.61	151.07 ± 6.28	156.44 ± 6.26	0.006*
P Value	<0.0001*	<0.0001*	<0.0001*
Weight (kg) $\overline{x}\pm s$
Total	61.95 ± 11.08	59.01 ± 10.92	63.13 ± 10.99	0.080
Male	66.08 ± 11.41	61.72 ± 9.60	68.82 ± 11.77	0.043*
Female	59.11 ± 9.98	55.71 ± 11.86	60.06 ± 9.30	0.151
P Value	0.001*	0.130	0.001*
BMI (kg/m2) $\overline{x}\pm s$
Total	24.25 ± 3.53	23.69 ± 3.74	24.47 ± 3.44	0.299
Male	23.92 ± 3.46	23.15 ± 3.02	24.41 ± 3.68	0.245
Female	24.47 ± 3.58	24.35 ± 4.50	24.51 ± 3.33	0.882
P Value	0.427	0.384	0.903

BMI, boy mass index; A t-test was used for height, weight and BMI; the Mann-Whitney U test was adopted for age; a χ² test was used for gender.

^*P < 0.05 and the difference between groups was statistically significant.