| Average area (cm2) |
| |
n |
Start |
4 weeks |
8 weeks |
12 weeks |
| Single treatment |
6 |
2.11±1.52 |
1.63±1.53 |
1.3±1.26 |
1.17±1.62 |
| p-value (within group)* |
0.6564 |
0.4689 |
0.6564 |
| Combined treatment |
7 |
2.95±3.84 |
2.34±3.45 |
1.27±2 |
0.46±0.69 |
| p-value (within group)* |
|
－ |
0.3282 |
0.0468 |
0.0468 |
| p-value (between groups)** |
|
1 |
0.6682 |
0.5677 |
0.7072 |
| Reduction rate (%) |
| Single treatment |
|
|
|
-22.62±34.48 |
-41.53±35.08 |
-45.32±66.18 |
| Combined treatment |
|
|
|
-26.84±30.3 |
-65.80±20.02 |
-86.76±13 |
| p-value (between groups)** |
|
1 |
0.0865 |
0.4989 |
*Comparison within each group using the Bonferroni multiple procedure.
**Comparison between groups using Wilcoxon’s exact test. |
|
