|
Characteristic
|
Intervention arm
|
Control arm
|
|---|
|
(n = 57)
|
(n = 57)
|
|---|
| |
Number (%)
|
Number (%)
|
|---|
|
Sex: female
|
21 (36.8)
|
36 (63.2)
|
|
Pre-existing comorbidity:
| | |
|
Myocardial infarction
|
0
|
3 (5.3)
|
|
Renal
|
1 (1.8)
|
0
|
|
Diabetes mellitus
|
13 (22.8)
|
4 (7.01)
|
|
Carcinoma
|
4 (7.01)
|
10 (17.5)
|
|
Respiratory
|
9 (15.8)
|
9 (15.8)
|
|
Cerebrovascular Accident
|
5 (8.8)
|
7 (12.3)
|
|
Hypertension
|
17 (29.8)
|
19 (33.3)
|
|
1 co-morbidity
|
19 (33.3)
|
26 (45.6)
|
|
2 co-morbidities
|
17 (29.8)
|
13 (22.8)
|
|
3 co-morbidities
|
10 (17.5)
|
6 (7.0)
|
|
4 co-morbidities
|
2 (3.5)
|
0
|
|
Age in years:
| | |
|
Median
|
49.00
|
45.00
|
|
Range
|
14-76
|
14-84
|
|
Interquartile range
|
29
|
26
|
- Marginally more patients in the intervention group (48 out of 57, 84.2%) had up to four comorbidities than those in the control group (45 out of 57, 78.9%).
