Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the OMT and Sham groups at baseline.

From: Autonomic correlates of osteopathic manipulative treatment on facial functional mapping: an innovative approach based on thermal imaging

Characteristics

OMT

Sham

p > |t|

Demographic

Age

27.1 ± 5.0

27.6 ± 5.3

0.76

Female sex (%)*

13 (68)

10 (56)

0.64

BMI

22.3 ± 4.6

23.4 ± 3.3

0.40

Civil State (%)

  

1.00

Not-married

17 (89)

17 (94)

 

Married

2 (11)

1 (6)

 

Education title (%)*

  

0.58

High School

11 (58)

11 (61)

 

Academic degree

8 (42)

7 (39)

 

Clinical

STAY-Y1

43.3 ± 4.2

45.1 ± 4.3

0.14

STAY-Y2

43.0 ± 4.5

42.5 ± 5.2

0.76

  1. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. *N (%). p-values from Student t-test.
  2. BMI, Body Mass Index. STAI, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.
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