Study group (N=24) Control group (N=16) p
Age 32 ± 15.4 34 ± 16.5 0.70
Female N (%) 8 (33.3%) 6 (37.5%) 0.94
Time for ingestion to admission (hours) 8.3 ± 4.2 10.0 ± 3.7 0.21
Mortality rate N (%) 1 (4.4%) 3 (18.7%) 0.35
Table 1: Characteristics of the groups.