Severity of Oral Mucositis in Children following Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy and Its Implications at a Single Oncology Centre in Durango State, Mexico

Table 2

Patients according to the degree of mucositis, grouped by severity of mucositis according to gender and age groups, expressed as number of patients.

Degree of mucositis severity
	Severity of mucositis
	0	1	2	3	4	value	1-2	3-4	value
Gender
Male	4	10	8	6	2	≤0.001	18	8	≤0.001
Female	2	12	5	2	- -		17	2
Total	6	22	13	8	2		35	10
Age group
2 to 5 years	2	16	9	6	2	≤0.001	25	8	≤0.001
6 to 12 years	4	6	4	2	- -		10	2
Total	6	22	13	8	2		35	10

, gender and severity of mucositis; : 23.216. , age group and severity of mucositis; : 29.059.