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Lymphedema Staging 24 Months After Treatment
| Patients, No. (%) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment | Improvement | Lack of Progression | Progression |
| Doxycycline | 15/41 (36.6) | 24/41 (58.5) | 2/41 (4.9) |
| Amoxicillin | 1/31 (3.2) | 21/31 (67.7) | 9/31 (29.0) |
| Placebo | 2/36 (5.6) | 14/36 (38.9) | 20/36 (55.6) |
P < .001a for the comparison of all 3 groups. P < .001a for doxycycline vs amoxicillin and doxycycline vs placebo; P= .042a for amoxicillin vs placebo.
a Fisher's exact test.
