Table 1 General characteristics of the study populations

1325

705

–

591 (44.6)

221 (31.3)

< 0.001*

12.93 ± 2.72

12.85 ± 2.59

0.497

21.53 ± 3.45

28.12 ± 3.94

< 0.001*

71.78 ± 9.91

88.12 ± 11.27

< 0.001*

88.75 ± 11.23

100.68 ± 11.15

< 0.001*

0.81 ± 0.06

0.88 ± 0.06

< 0.001*

4.93 ± 0.66

4.90 ± 0.75

0.332

184 (13.9)

104 (14.8)

0.595