Repurposing of Yunnan Baiyao as an Alternative Therapy for Minor Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis
Table 2
The baseline demography data of the patients.
Experimental group ()
Placebo group ()
P
Age (year) (mean ± SD)*
31.9 ± 10.9
31.4 ± 11.8
0.75
Gender**
0.17
Male
22 (19.5%)
31 (27.2%)
Female
91 (80.5%)
83 (72.8%)
Duration of previous ulcer (day)*
9.1 ± 3.0
9.4 ± 3.8
0.98
Ulcer size (mm2) (mean ± SD)*
4.5 ± 3.3
5.4 ± 4.3
0.21
Ulcer pain (VAS)***
0.21
0
4
1
1
8
6
2
9
11
3
23
25
4
16
9
5
27
23
6
9
16
7
9
14
8
5
7
9
2
1
10
1
1
VAS: visual analog scale.
*: t-test was used in analysis of quantitative data, .
**: chi-square test was used in analysis of enumeration data, .
***: Wilcoxon rank-sum test was used in analysis of categorical data, .
