Research Article
Smartphone Application for Celiac Patients: Assessing Its Effect on Gastrointestinal Symptoms in a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
Table 1
The baseline characteristics of participants stratified by groups.
| | Variable | Intervention () | Control () | value |
| | Age () years | | | 0.28# | | Sex n (%) male/female | 8 (27.5)/21 (72.4) | 10 (34.4)/19 (65.5) | 0.22## | | Education (%) | | ≤ Diploma | 15 (51.72) | 20 (68.9) | 0.18## | | College education | 14 (48.27) | 9 (31.0) | | Marital status | | | 0.32## | | Single | 8 (27.58) | 7 (24.1) | | | Married | 21 (72.4) | 22 (75.8) | | | Occupation | | | 0.62## | | Employed | 10 (34.4) | 11 (37.9) | | | Student | 3 (10.3) | 3 (10.3) | | | Housewife | 16 (55.1) | 15 (51.7) | | | Positive family history | 2 (6.8) | 1 (3.4) | 0.38## | | Marsh | | | 0.35## | | I | 4 (13.79) | 3 (10.34) | | | II | 6 (20.68) | 5 (17.24) | | | IIIa | 6 (20.68) | 9 (31.03) | | | IIIb | 8 (27.58) | 7 (24.13) | | | IIIc | 5 (17.24) | 5 (17.24) | | | Presence of comorbidities | 6 (20.68) | 9 (31.0) | 0.55## | | Disease duration (years) | | | 0.16# |
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BMI: body mass index; SD: standard deviation. # value of independent t-test. ## value of chi-square. |
