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Demographic data |
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| Children |
Homeopathy, n = 407 |
Conventional n = 252 |
p-value, if < 0.05 |
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| Male (%) |
51.1 |
50.0 |
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| Female (%) |
48.9 |
50.0 |
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| Age |
6.6 ± 4.3 |
7.4 ± 4.7 |
= 0.0282a |
| BMI |
16.6 ± 3.0 |
17.9 ± 3.7 |
= 0.0001a |
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| Adults |
Homeopathy n = 445 |
Conventional n = 462 |
p-value, if < 0.05 |
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| Male (%) |
24.0 |
32.3 |
= 0.0064b |
| Female (%) |
76.0 |
67.7 |
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| Age |
37.1 ± 12.5 |
39.6 ± 13.9 |
= 0.0124a |
| BMI |
24.3 ± 4.8 |
25.0 ± 4.5 |
= 0.0031a |
| Smoking (%) |
16.2 |
22.3 |
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Full-set analysis values are either expressed as % of total or as mean ± SD, aWilcoxon rank-sum test, bFisher's exact test. | |||
Haidvogl et al. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2007 7:7 doi:10.1186/1472-6882-7-7 |
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