Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the study participants.

Variables	Control group n = 31	Experimental group n = 34	P value
Age (yrs, Mean, SD)	43.90 ± 9.24	49.13 ± 8.106	0.023∗a
20-30 (n, %)	4 (13)	4 (13)	0.64#
30-40 (n, %)	10 (33.30)	12 (40)
40-50 (n, %)	15 (50)	14 (46.70)
50-60 (n, %)	2 (3.30)	4 (13.30)
Gender (n, %)
Male	14 (45.1)	15 (44.1)	0.34#
Female	17 (54.8)	19 (55.8)
BMI (kg/m2)	24.31 ± 1.21	25.27 ± 1.38	0.95∗

∗ Unpaired t test; # chi-square test.