Variables | Case (n = 152) No (%) | Control (n = 138) No (%) | P-Value |
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Gender | |||
Male | 83 (52) | 77 (48) | 0.9 |
Female | 68 (53) | 61 (47) | |
Ethnicity | |||
Fars | 64 (48.5) | 68 (51.5) | 0.063 |
Turk | 74 (55.2) | 60 (44.8) | |
Lur | 4 (44.4) | 5 (55.6) | |
Kurdish | 0 | 3 (100) | |
Gilak | 9 (81.8) | 2 (18.2) | |
Life style | |||
Single | 29 (60.4) | 19 (39.6) | 0.00 |
Living with spouse | 56 (40.8) | 63 (59.2) | |
Living with offspring(s) | 38 (79.2) | 10 (20.8) | |
Living with caretaker | 3 (100) | 0 | |
Education | |||
Illiterate | 56 (73.7) | 20 (26.3) | 0.00 |
Reading and writing | 56 (52.3) | 51 (47.7) | |
Diploma and higher | 39 (36.8) | 67 (63.2) | |
Disease history | |||
CVD* | 38 (49.4) | 32 (50.6) | 0.8 |
Hyperlipidemia | 2 (66.6) | 1 (33.3) | |
Renal diseases | 2 (50) | 2 (50) | |
Age (years) Mean ± SD | 74.2 ± 8.6 | 67.3 ± 7.3 | 0.00 |
Weight (kg) Mean ± SD | 67.5 ± 13.4 | 71 ± 14.5 | 0.34 |
Height (cm) Mean ± SD | 162.1 ± 9.1 | 162.9 ± 17 | 0.63 |
Body mass index (BMI) (kg/m2) Mean ± SD | 25.7 ± 4.8 | 26.6 ± 4.9 | 0.10 |
Years of smoking Mean ± SD | 4.2 ± 13.2 | 1.6 ± 7.2 | 0.033 |
Cigarettes per year Mean ± SD | 0.2 ± 0.7 | 0.2 ± 0.8 | 0.64 |