Research Article
Antiherpetic Effects of Gynura procumbens
Table 2
Patients clinical and laboratory data before treatment in the treatment and placebo groups.
| Patients | The treated groups | The placebo groups | P value |
| Sex | | | | Male | 10 | 3 | 0.51 | Female | 31 | 15 | | Total | 41 | 18 | | Age (years) | | | | Average | 37.15 | 41.72 | | Range | 16–71 | 20–69 | 0.20 | Standard deviation | 11.31 | 15.25 | | Pain on the first day (D0) | | | | Case/total (%) | 27/41 (65.90%) | 11/18 (61.10%) | 0.72 | Pain score (average) | 2.85 | 2.86 | 0.90 | Itching on the first day (D0) | | | | Case/total (%) | 28/41 (68.29%) | 7/18 (38.89%) | 0.03 | Itching score (average) | 2.73 | 2.10 | 0.46 | Tzanck smear before the treatment | | | | Positive result (%) | 70.0 | 72.2 | 0.86 | Viral culture before the treatment | | | | Positive result (%) | 19/39 (48.7) | 5/16 (31.25) | 0.23 |
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