Table 1. The demographics and clinical characteristics of the study participants .

SD: standard deviation 

Characteristics		Cases (n = 43)	Controls (n = 48)	P-value
Age	< 20 years	28 (65.11%)	32 (66.67%)	0.876
	≥ 20 years	15 (34.89%)	16 (33.33%)
	Mean ± SD	18.6 ± 3.7	18.3 ± 3.6	0.953
Gender	Male	9 (20.94%)	14 (29.16%)	0.366
	Female	34 (79.06%)	34 (70.84%)
Severity of acne	Mild	14 (32.55%)	-	-
	Moderate	23 (53.48%)	-
	Severe	6 (13.95%)	-