Table 1 |
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Demographic Characteristics of the groups |
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Parameters |
Sub group |
Honey + meglumin Antimoniate |
Meglumin Antimoniate |
P value |
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Sex n (%) |
Male |
33(73.3%) |
28(62.2%) |
0.18 |
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Female |
12(26.7%) |
17(37.8%) |
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Age Mean ± SD |
26.1 ± 15.1 |
25.6 ± 14.9 |
0.89 |
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Location of the lesions* n (%) |
Foot |
26(57.8%) |
16(35.6%) |
0.057 |
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Hand |
16 (35.6%) |
21 (46.7%) |
0.39 |
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Other areas |
3(3.3%) |
8(8.9%) |
0.19 |
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Number of the lesions Mean ± SD |
Total |
1.3 ± 0.7 |
1.7 ± 0.75 |
0. 016 |
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Foot |
1.46 ± 0.85 |
1.5 ± 0.89 |
0.82 |
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|
Hand |
1.18 ± 0.4 |
1.95 ± 0.66 |
0.001 |
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Other areas |
- |
1.5 ± 0.53 |
- |
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Type of the lesions** |
Plaque |
27 (60%) |
25(55.6%) |
0.8 |
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n (%) |
Crusted plaque |
6(13.3%) |
4(8.9%) |
0.7 |
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Nodule |
7(15.6%) |
10(22.2%) |
0.59 |
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Papule |
5(11.1%) |
2(4.4%) |
0.43 |
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Ulcerated plaque |
0(0%) |
4(8.9%) |
0.11 |
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*There was no significant difference between two groups regarding location of the lesions (p = 0.07) ** There was no significant difference between two groups regarding type of the lesions (p = 0.17) |
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Nilforoushzadeh et al. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2007 7:13 doi:10.1186/1472-6882-7-13 |
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