From: Bell’s palsy: clinical and neurophysiologic predictors of recovery
Demography and clinical characteristics | Group 1 (N = 52) | Group 2 (N = 11) | p |
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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* |