Table 4.
Factors associated with cure in each treatment arm
| Duration | 8 weeks | 10 weeks | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL-SSG | RHFT | IL-SSG | RHFT | ||||||
| Variable | OR (95% CI) | P value | OR (95% CI) | P value | OR 95% CI | P value | OR 95% CI | P value | |
| Sex | Female | 1.200 (0.451–3.191) | 0.715 | 3.167 (1.176–8.528) | 0.023 | 1.347 (0.545–3.330) | 0.519 | 5.893 (1.800–19.288) | 0.003 |
| Male | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | |
| Lesion type | Papule | 1.200 (0.451–3.191) | 0.179 | 5.444 (1.546–19.177) | 0.008 | 1.471 (0.536–4.037) | 0.454 | 17.773 (2.177–145.102) | 0.007 |
| Nodule | 0.554 (0.135–2.276) | 0.412 | 0.907 (0.301–2.738) | 0.863 | 1.307 (0.420–4.064) | 0.643 | 0.760 (0.258–2.244) | 0.620 | |
| Ulcer | 0.861 (0.152–4.874) | 0.866 | 0.778 (0.066–9.217) | 0.842 | 0.882 (0.186–4.192) | 0.875 | 0.523 (0.044–6.184) | 0.670 | |
| Nodular ulcer | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | |
| Lesion size | < 2 cm | 1.596 (0.597–4.226) | 0.352 | 2.345 (0.881–6.242) | 0.088 | 1.137 (0.476–2.715) | 0.773 | 3.302 (1.247–8.743) | 0.016 |
| > 2 cm | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | |
IL-SSG = intralesional sodium stibogluconate; RFHT = radiofrequency-induced heat therapy. Factors that influence cure were analyzed using binary logistic regression. Odds ratio (OR) and confidence interval (CI) were calculated for each variable.
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P value less than 0.05 was taken as significant.