Research Article
Repurposing of Yunnan Baiyao as an Alternative Therapy for Minor Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis
Table 4
The number of patients in the placebo and experimental groups on day 3 and day 5 based on the level of pain.
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Day 5 | | | | | P | | | P | | Experimental group (%) | Placebo group (%) | Experimental group (%) | Placebo group (%) |
| Number | 113 | 114 | | 113 | 114 | | Significant improvement | 28 (24.8) | 17 (14.9) | >0.05* | 75 (66.4) | 59 (51.8) | <0.05** | EIpain = 100% | 16 (14.2) | 6 (5.3) | | 48 (42.5) | 45 (39.5) | | EIpain = 70–100% | 12 (10.6) | 11 (9.6) | | 27 (23.9) | 14 (12.3) | | Nonsignificant improvement | 85 (75.2) | 97 (85.1) | | 38 (33.6) | 55 (48.2) | | EIpain = 30–70% | 34 (30.1) | 43 (37.7) | | 24 (21.2) | 32 (28.1) | | EIpain = 0–30% | 51 (45.1) | 54 (47.4) | | 14 (12.4) | 23 (20.2) | |
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*and **: P values represent the comparisons of significant improvement between groups on days 3 and 5, respectively.
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