Table 3. Duration of tubes by groups.
| Duration of tubes (months) | Group A | Group B | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| 3 | 2 | 4.9 | 7 | 12.5 | 9 | 9.3 |
| 4 | 3 | 7.3 | 15 | 26.8 | 18 | 18.6 |
| 5 | 19 | 46.3 | 21 | 37.5 | 40 | 41.2 |
| 6 | 17 | 41.5 | 13 | 23.2 | 30 | 30.9 |
| Total | 41 | 100 | 56 | 100 | 97 | 100 |
| Mean duration of tubes | 5.2 | - | 4.7 | - | 4.9 | - |
| SD | 0.8 | - | 1.0 | - | 0.9 | - |
| VC | 15.1 | - | 20.3 | - | 18.8 | - |
| T test=2.64; DF=95; P=0.0097* | ||||||