SAD (n = 99)

SCH (n = 120)

p

Age (years)

average ± SD

median (interval)

44.3 ± 11.9

44 (21 - 78)

41.1 ± 13.8

40 (19 - 78)

<0.05

Gender (%)

male

female

37.4

62.6

60.0

40.0

<0.001

Duration of disease (years)

average ± SD

median (interval)

14.5 ± 9.8

5 (0 - 43)

14.1 ± 12.4

9 (0 - 60)

ns

Length of current hospitalization (days)

average ± SD

median (interval)

15.6 ± 8.26

17 (0 - 31)

28.2 ± 21.6

23 (2 - 152)

ns

Number of hospital admissions (%)

first

repeated

3.0

97.0

3.3

96.7

ns