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Table 1 Demography and clinical characteristics

From: Bell’s palsy: clinical and neurophysiologic predictors of recovery

Demography and clinical characteristics

Group 1

(N = 52)

Group 2

(N = 11)

p

Age: mean ± SD

45.79 ± 18.01

46.18 ± 14.80

0.946

Sex

 Male: N (%)

26 (50%)

7 (63.6%)

0.411

 Female: N (%)

26 (50%)

4 (36.4%)

Treatment after onset:

 ≤ 3 days: N (%)

35 (67.3%)

8 (72.7%)

0.726

 ˃ 3 days: N (%)

17 (32.7%)

3 (27.3)

Diabetes

 No: N (%)

25 (48.1%)

3 (27.3%)

0.207

 Yes: N (%)

27 (51.9%)

8 (72.7)

Hypertension

 No: N (%)

37 (71.2%)

7 (63.6%)

0.622

 Yes: N (%)

15 (28.8%)

4 (36.4)

Dyslipidemia

   

 No: N (%)

29 (55.8%)

6 (54.5%)

0.941

 Yes: N (%)

23 (44.2%)

5 (45.5%)

Initial HB: mean ± SD

5.17 ± 0.90

5.55 ± 0.52

0.192

HB after 3 months: mean ± SD

1.44 ± 0.50

3.18 ± 0.40

< 0.001*

  1. SD standard deviation, HB House–Brackmann
  2. *Highly significant