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. 2013 Dec 14;2013:379725. doi: 10.1155/2013/379725

Table 5.

Laser treatment response according to age, gender, type of fungi, clinical type of onychomycosis, and location.

Patients Excellent response (>75%) Very good response (50–74) Good response (25–49) Moderate response (10–24%) Low response (>9%) No response (0%)
Gender
 Female 10 (10.6%) 44 (46.8%) 25 (26.6%) 10 (10.6%) 0 (0.0%) 5 (5.3%)
 Male 2 (5.4%) 9 (24.3%) 16 (43.2%) 9 (24.3%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (2.7%)
Age
 <30 y.o 3 (15.0%) 4 (20.0%) 10 (50.0%) 2 (10.0%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (5.0%)
 30–60 9 (10.5%) 37 (43.0%) 24 (27.9%) 13 (15.1%) 0 (0.0%) 3 (3.5%)
 >60 0 (0.0%) 12 (50.0%) 6 (25.0%) 4 (16.7%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (8.3%)
Onychomycosis severity
 Mild 3 (50.0%) 2 (33.3%) 1 (16.7%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
 Moderate 5 (13.5%) 23 (62.2%) 9 (24.3%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
 Severe 4 (4.5%) 28 (31.8%) 31 (35.2%) 19 (21.6%) 0 (0.0%) 6 (6.8%)
Types of fungi
 T. rubrum 10 (9.3%) 51 (47.2%) 38 (35.2%) 8 (7.4%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.9%)
 Candida 1 (5.3%) 1 (5.3%) 3 (15.8%) 10 (52.6%) 0 (0.0%) 4 (21.1%)
 Non dermatophytes 1 (25.0%) 1 (25.0%) 0 (0.0%) 1 0 (0.0%) 1 (25.0%)
 T. mentographytes 9 (9.4%) 48 (50.0%) 35 (36.5%) 4 (4.2%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Clinical type of onychomycosis
 Distal subungual 9 (7.3%) 50 (40.7%) 40 (32.5%) 18 (14.6%) 0 (0.0%) 6 (4.9%)
 Proximal  subungual 0 (0.0%) 1 (100.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
 Superficial white 1 (50.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (50.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
 Dystrophic 2 (4.3%) 14 (29.8%) 17 (36.2%) 11 (23.4%) 0 (0.0%) 3 (6.4%)
 Lateral edge 2 (4.3%) 5 (38.5%) 5 (38.5%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (7.7%)
Location
 Hand 0 (0.0%) 1 (9.1%) 3 (27.3%) 6 (54.5%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (9.1%)
 Feet 9 (9.9%) 38 (41.8%) 27 (29.7%) 14 (15.4%) 0 (0.0%) 3 (3.3%)