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

Table 2

Comparisons of salivary gland scintigraphic parameters by using the Wilcoxon rank-sum test.

	Group A	Group B	value
Rate of change of maximum accumulation ratio [%]
Rt. parotid gland			<0.05
Lt. parotid gland			<0.05
Rt. submandibular gland			<0.05
Lt. submandibular gland			<0.05
Rate of change of washout ratio [%]
Rt. parotid gland			<0.05
Lt. parotid gland			<0.05
Rt. submandibular gland			0.45
Lt. submandibular gland			0.10