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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 13.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 2017 Feb 14;317(6):606–614. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.21038

Table 3.

Alopecia Self-Report

Maximum Dean Scorea Hair Loss, % Scalp Cooling Group (n = 101)b Control Group (n = 16) P Valuec
No. of Patients % (95% CI) No. of Patients % (95% CI)
0   0   5   5.0 (1.6–11.2)   0 <.001
1 >0–≤25 31 30.7 (21.9–40.7)   0
2 >25–≤50 31 30.7 (21.9–40.7)   0
3 >50–≤75 19 18.8 (11.7–27.8)   1     6.3 (0–30.2)
4 >75 15 14.9 (8.6–23.3) 15   93.8 (69.8–99.8)
0–2 0–≤50 67 66.3 (56.2–75.4)   0 <.001
≥3 >50 34 33.7 (24.6–43.8) 16 100.0 (79.4–100.0)
a

Indicates highest score measured during the study up to 4 weeks after last chemotherapy treatment. A score of less than 3 indicates that the treatment was a success; a score of equal to or greater than 3 indicates that the treatment was a failure.

b

There were 5 patients who were not included in the primary analysis.

c

Calculated using the Fisher exact test.