Table 1.
Local control rate |
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Category (n) | 1 year (%) | 2 years (%) | 5 years (%) | 10 years (%) |
P-value |
First treated lesion in the patient (59) | 91 | 78 | 69 | 66 | |
Gender | |||||
Male (24) | 88 | 62 | 62 | 56 | 0.11 |
Female (35) | 94 | 88 | 73 | 73 | |
Family history | |||||
Yes (11) | 82 | 70 | 47 | 47 | 0.19 |
No (44) | 93 | 88 | 73 | 69 | |
Keloid lesions | |||||
Single (26) | 92 | 88 | 83 | 83 | 0.03 |
Multiple (30) | 90 | 68 | 54 | 50 | |
Hypertension | |||||
Yes (8) | 100 | 86 | 86 | 64 | 0.72 |
No (51) | 90 | 76 | 66 | 66 |
Family history in 4 patients and whether having single or multiple lesions in 3 patients were not assessed because the patients could not be contacted by phone call and the records were inadequate.