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Table 3.

Comparison of clinical symptoms in the two groups between the first and second visits

Variable	Group
	Sub-groupgroup	Case				Control
	Sub-groupgroup	First visit	Second Visit	*P-value*	Differences between the first and second visits	First visit	Second visit	*P-value*	Differences between the first and second visits
Pain	Yes	35 (77.8 %)	5 (11.1%)	> 0.001	-0.66±0.47 (-1)^*	27 (64.3%)	16 (38.1%)	> 0.001	-0.26±0.44 (0) ^*
Pain	No	10 (22.2 %)	40 (88.9%)	> 0.001	-0.66±0.47 (-1)^*	15 (35.7%)	26 (61.9%)	> 0.001	-0.26±0.44 (0) ^*
Swelling	Yes	26 (57.8 %)	1 (2.2%) ^*	> 0.001	-0.55±0.51 (-1) ^*	29 (69.0%)	22 (52.4%)	0.016	0.16±0.37 (-1) ^*
Swelling	No	19 (42.2 %)	44 (97.8%)	> 0.001	-0.55±0.51 (-1) ^*	13 (31.0%)	20 (47.6%)	0.016	0.16±0.37 (-1) ^*
Itching	Yes	38 (84.4 %)	7 (15.6%) ^*	> 0.001	-0.68±0.46 (-1) ^*	38 (90.5%)	35 (83.3%)	0.25	-0.07±0.26 (0)*
Itching	No	7 (15.6 %)	38 (84.4%)	> 0.001	-0.68±0.46 (-1) ^*	4 (9.5%)	7 (16.7%)	0.25	-0.07±0.26 (0)*
Secretion	Yes	39 (86.7%)	0 (0.0%) ^*	-	-0.86±0.34 (-1) ^*	36 (87%)	35 (83.3%)	0.5	-0.04±0.21 (0) ^*
Secretion	No	7 (13.3 %)	45 (100%)	-	-0.86±0.34 (-1) ^*	5 (12.2%)	7 (16.7%)	0.5	-0.04±0.21 (0) ^*
Hearing loss	Yes	43 (95.6%)	23 (51.1 %) ^*	> 0.001	-0.44±0.5 (0) ^*	40 (95.2%)	40 (95.2%	1.0	-0.0±0.0 (0)-0.0±0.0 (0) ^
Hearing loss	No	2 (4.4%)	22 (48.9%)	> 0.001	-0.44±0.5 (0) ^*	2 (4.8%)	2 (4.8%)	1.0	-0.0±0.0 (0)-0.0±0.0 (0) ^

There was a significant difference between the symptoms of the patients in the case and control groups at the level of α=0.05