Demographic features and distribution of risk factors in control outpatients according to the diagnostic category
| Hemifacial spasm | Sciatalgia | Gastroenterological disease | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No (M/F) | 106 (32/74) | 51 (20/31) | 45 (21/24) |
| Mean age (SD) | 57.4 (9.6) | 52.7 (11.3 | 52.2 (15.9) |
| Mean disease duration (SD) | 3.0 (1.1) | 2.7 (0.9) | 3.2 (1.4) |
| Education level > 5th grade | 24 | 10 | 11 |
| Marital status (married-cohabitant) | 78 | 36 | 34 |
| Life events | 29 | 19 | 15 |
| Cigarette smoking (current smokers) | 28 | 19 | 15 |
| Wine drinking (current drinkers) | 39 | 23 | 19 |
| Manual work | 38 | 19 | 15 |
| Pesticides | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Factory toxic substances | 11 | 4 | 3 |
| Head or face trauma without loss of consciousness | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Head or face trauma with loss of consciousness | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Neck or trunk trauma | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Arm trauma | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| Leg trauma | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Diabetes | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Hypertension | 362-150 | 7 | 7 |
| Thyroid diseases | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Eye diseases | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| Anxiety | 24 | 7 | 8 |
| Depression | 11 | 4 | 4 |
| Other diseases | 20 | 12 | 8 |
| General anaesthesia | 25 | 11 | 10 |
| Family history of: | |||
| Tremor | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Parkinsonism | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Dystonia | 0 | 1 | 0 |
↵2-150 p<0.05; significantly different from the other diagnostic categories.