Baseline characteristics of the study groups
| Total n=399 | Control n=213 | Exposed n=186 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| **p<0.01. | ||||||
| NS, non-significant. | ||||||
| Sex** | ||||||
| Male | 186 | 46.6 | 127 | 59.6 | 59 | 31.7 |
| Female | 213 | 53.4 | 86 | 40.4 | 127 | 68.3 |
| Education** | ||||||
| 1–12 | 105 | 26.3 | 77 | 36.2 | 28 | 15.1 |
| 13–15 | 93 | 23.3 | 52 | 24.4 | 41 | 22.0 |
| 16+ | 172 | 43.1 | 60 | 28.2 | 112 | 60.2 |
| Missing | 29 | 7.3 | 24 | 11.2 | 5 | 2.7 |
| Origin** | ||||||
| Asia/Africa | 100 | 25.1 | 68 | 31.9 | 32 | 17.2 |
| Europe/America | 266 | 66.7 | 121 | 56.8 | 145 | 78.0 |
| Israel | 32 | 8.0 | 23 | 10.8 | 9 | 4.8 |
| Missing | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Smoking (NS) | ||||||
| No | 232 | 58.1 | 114 | 53.5 | 118 | 63.4 |
| Yes | 163 | 40.9 | 95 | 44.6 | 68 | 36.6 |
| Missing | 4 | 1.0 | 4 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Age** | 43.8 (±10.5) | 42.1 (±10.7) | 45.8 (±9.9) | |||