Table 3.
Halometasone cream efficacy.
| Total N = 60 |
Group A N = 28 |
Group B N = 17 |
Group C N = 15 |
P value | |
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| Follow-up visit at day 7 | |||||
| Complete effective, N (%) | 5 (8.3) | 2 (7.1) | 2 (11.8) | 1 (6.7) | |
| Significant effective, N (%) | 16 (26.7) | 8 (28.6) | 5 (29.4) | 3 (20.0) | |
| Effective, N (%) | 26 (43.3) | 14 (50.0) | 6 (35.3) | 6 (40.0) | |
| No effect, N (%) | 13 (21.7) | 4 (14.3) | 4 (23.5) | 5 (33.3) | |
| Cure rate1 (%) | 8.3 | 7.1 | 11.8 | 6.7 | 0.832 |
| Effectiveness rate2 (%) | 35.0 | 35.7 | 41.2 | 26.7 | 0.688 |
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| Follow-up visit at day 14 | |||||
| Complete effective, N (%) | 15 (25.0) | 5 (17.9) | 8 (47.1) | 2 (13.3) | |
| Significant effective, N (%) | 23 (38.3) | 13 (46.4) | 6 (35.3) | 4 (26.7) | |
| Effective, N (%) | 14 (23.3) | 7 (25.0) | 2 (11.8) | 5 (33.3) | |
| No effect, N (%) | 8 (13.3) | 3 (10.7) | 1 (5.9) | 4 (26.7) | |
| Cure rate1 (%) | 25.0 | 17.9 | 47.11 | 13.3 | 0.044∗ |
| Effectiveness rate2 (%) | 63.3 | 64.3 | 82.42 | 40.0 | 0.046∗ |
1Cure rate = the number of cases showing complete effective ÷ total number of cases. 2Effectiveness rate = (the number of cases showing complete effective + the number of cases showing significant effective) ÷ total number of cases × 100% [9]. Chi-square test was used to compare the difference of the three groups. ∗P < 0.05 was considered significant different. 1Significantly higher versus group A (P = 0.036) and group C (P = 0.04). 2Significantly higher versus group C (P = 0.014).