[Table/Fig-3]:
Main study findings.
| Variables | Age range | Mean age | Blood dyscrasia AML*,ALL** |
Incidence of mucositis |
Mean severity of mucositis in total study population |
Mean disease- free time |
Mean onset of mucositis (day after initiation of chemotherapy) in involved patients(n=9) |
Mean duration of healing of mucositis(days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | 19–68 | 33±17 | 8,2 | 3 | 0.8±1.30 | 17.30±6 | 9.67 | 14±4.16 |
| Control | 15–65 | 33±16 | 7,3 | 6 | 1.3±1.16 | 13.4±6.57 | 9.33 | 10±2.26 |
| P-value | 0.946 | 0.946 | 0.615 | 0.189 | 0.379 | 0.218 | 0.756 | 0.167 |
| Total | 15–68 | 33±15.9 | 15,5 | 9 | 1.05±1.23 | 15.35±6.44 | 9.44±1.00 | 11.78±3.34 |