Adherence to dietary approaches to stop hypertension (DASH) diet in relation to psychological function in recovered COVID-19 patients: a case–control study

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants between groups

Variables	Case (n = 120)	Control (n = 120)	P-value ^a
Gender
Male	69 (57.5%)	65 (54.2%)	0.512
Female	51 (42.5%)	55 (45.8%)	0.512
Age (year)	60.38 ± 13.61	57.43 ± 7.71	0.321
Educational level
Illiterate and High school	46 (38.4%)	20 (16.7%)	< 0.001
Diploma	61 (50.8%)	36 (30%)
Bachelor and higher	13 (10.8%)	64 (53.3%)
Anthropometric
Height (cm)	168.92 ± 9.08	165.21 ± 9.45	0.004
Weight (kg)	77.52 ± 18.40	76.78 ± 13.40	0.731
BMI (kg/m²)	26.99 ± 6.15	28.06 ± 3.92	0.151

BMI Body Mass Index
Data presented as Mean ± SD or n (%)
^aObtained from t test for continuous variables and χ2 test for categorical variables

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