A Randomized Controlled Trial for the Effectiveness of Aromatherapy in Decreasing Salivary Gland Damage following Radioactive Iodine Therapy for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

Characteristics	Group A ()	Group B ()	value
Age at diagnosis (y), mean (range)	61.6 (35–78)	59.8 (30–86)	0.61
Gender (female/male)	25/10	30/6	0.27
TNM stage
I	2	2	0.94
II	0	0
III	2	3
IV A/B/C	14/0/17	12/1/18
I-131 dose (GBq), average ± standard deviation			0.59