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. 2018 Aug 9;18(1):147–152. doi: 10.1007/s12663-018-1142-z

Table 1.

Distribution of variables and comparative tests results; patient age, surgery time, visual analogue scale (VAS), soft tissue healing index, analgesic dose

Manuka group Control group Test value P
Mean ± SD Mean ± SD
Age (years) 22.25  ± 4.124 22.25 ± 4.124 0.000 1.000a
Surgery time (min) 29.64 ± 8.156 26.60 ± 7.460 1.453 0.827a
VAS—first day 2.39 ±0.956 3.25 ± 1.142 − 2.767 0.006b
VAS—second day 1.89 ±0 994 2.46 ± 1.035 − 2.077 0.038b
VAS—third day 2.42 ±1.103 2.64±0.869 −0.688 0.491b
VAS—fourth day 2.35 ±0.951 2.75 ± 1.109 − 1.319 0.187b
VAS—fifth day 1.78 ± 1.031 2.25 ± 1.205 − 1.595 0.111b
VAS—sixth day 1.46 ± 0.792 1.85 ± 1.112 − 1.685 0.092b
VAS—seventh day 1.42 ± 0.790 1.82 ± 1.218 − 1.084 0.278b
Soft tissue healing—seventh day 4.39 ±0.567 3.57 ± 0.634 − 4.278 0.000b
Total analgesic dose 10.57 ± 4.492 15.35 ± 4.983 − 3.775 0.000a

aStudent’s t test (test value “t”)

bMann–Whitney U test (test value “z”)