Table 1.

Demographic features of IIH and control patients.

Demographic	IIH group (n = 14)	Control group (n = 31)	p-value
Age, years	33.9 ± 10.5	30.8 ± 7.0	0.24
Sex, female	14 (100%)	31 (100%)	1.0
Ethnicity African-American Other	12 (86%) 2 (14%)	23 (74%) 8 (26%)	0.47
Body mass index, kg/m2	40.1 ± 10.7	28.2 ± 10.6	0.001
Hemoglobin, gm/dL	13.1 ± 1.06	13.2 ± 1.05	0.35
Hematocrit, %	40.6 ± 2.67	39.7 ± 2.89	0.32

All values displayed as mean ± standard deviation or n (%). IIH, idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Continuous variables were compared between groups using the Student’s t-test, and proportions were compared using chi-squared or Fisher exact tests, as appropriate.