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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 May 11.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Oncol. 2003 Dec 1;21(23):4395–4401. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2003.04.089

Table 2.

Descriptive Statistics for the POMS Total Score and Percentage Mood Disturbed As a Function of Treatment Group

No or Low CRT and MTX High MTX High CRT High CRT and MTX Total
Total No. of patients in treatment group 131 187 179 58 555
Distressed
 No. of patients 32 38 51 12 133
 % 24.1 20.3 28.5 20.7 24.0
Total POMS Score
 Mean 16.9 15.7 20.0 16.2 17.4
 SD 32.3 24.7 27.6 29.0 28.0

Abbreviations: POMS, Profile of Moods State; CRT, CNS irradiation; MTX, methotrexate; SD, standard deviation.