Table 1.
Characteristics of patients.
| Characteristics | MILD (n = 39) |
MODERATE (n = 65) |
SEVERE (n = 37) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender male | 7 (17.9%) | 24 (36.9%) | 22 (59.5%) | 0.0009 *** |
| Gender female | 32 (82.1%) | 41 (63.1%) | 15 (40.5%) | |
| Age, years | 38 (34–54) | 60 (43–78) | 63 (53–71) | 0.0001 ** |
| Height, m | 1.67 ± 0.09 | 1.68 ± 0.08 | 1.69 ± 0.07 | 0.5664 * |
| Body weight, kg | 71.3 ± 15.4 | 78.5 ± 20.3 | 83.3 ± 12.5 | 0.0094 * |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 25.2 ± 4.4 | 27.4 ± 6.2 | 29.1 ± 5.3 | 0.0092 * |
| Smoking | 4 (10.3%) | 10 (15.4%) | 1 (2.7%) | 0.1355 *** |
| Alcohol consumption | 13 (33.3%) | 12 (18.5%) | 9 (24.3%) |
* M ± Sd, ANOVA; ** Me(X–Y), Kruskal–Wallis test; *** n (%), ꭓ2-test.