Table 2.
Baseline patient characteristics
| Characteristics | Group A (n=16) |
Group B (n=14) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years, mean ±SD) | 63.375±9.528 | 65.071±11.364 | 0.660 |
| Total duration of pain (months, mean ±SD) | 1.312±0.479 | 16.143±14.496 | <0.001 |
| Gender (n) | 0.923 | ||
| Male | 6 | 5 | |
| Female | 10 | 9 | |
| VAS admission (mean ±SD) | 7.437±1.459 | 6.571±1.283 | 0.098 |
| von Frey admission (mean ±SD) | 0.077±0.247 | 1.404±2.625 | 0.082 |
| Treatment location (n) | 0.276 | ||
| Left | 9 | 5 | |
| Right | 7 | 10 | |
| History of underlying disease (n) | 0.331 | ||
| Diabetes | 1 | 4 | |
| Hypertension | 4 | 3 | |
| HTN and DM | 4 | 4 | |
| None | 7 | 3 |
Notes: Group A: pain duration <3 months; Group B: pain duration ≥3 months.
Abbreviations: HTN, hypertension; DM, diabetes mellitus.