Effects of TCMC on Transformation of Good Health Status to Suboptimal Health Status: A Nested Case-Control Study

Table 2

Baseline characteristics of cases and controls of study participants.

	Cases ()	Controls ()	Level of significance
Sex
Men	188 (34.6%)	188 (34.6%)	0^†
Women	355 (65.4%)	355 (65.4%)
Mean (SD) age, years	18.97 (1.07)	18.89 (1.06)
BMI
Baseline	19.99 (2.71)	20.21 (3.24)
Smoker
No	539 (99.3%)	539 (99.3%)	0^†
Yes	4 (0.7%)	4 (0.7%)
Alcohol intake
Never	279 (51.4%)	254 (46.8%)	4.14^†
Little	220 (40.5%)	240 (44.2%)
Sometimes	44 (8.1%)	47 (8.7%)
Often	0 (0)	2 (0.4%)
Always	0 (0)	0 (0)

-test for continuous variables; test for dichotomous variables.