Safety and Efficacy of Low-Level Laser Therapy in Autoimmune Thyroiditis: Long-Term Follow-Up Study

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the patients included in this study (M2).

Features	L group ()	P group ()	value
Mean age ± SD (years)	50.60 ± 10.07	49.10 ± 11.56	0.804
Female/male	25/1	18/0
Mean disease duration ± SD (years)	11.33 ± 3.35	11.58 ± 3.48	0.601
Body mass (weight) ± SD (kg)	76.53 ± 16.24	74.74 ± 16.06	0.886
Body mass index (BMI)	30.87 ± 6.22	29.34 ± 4.96	0.570