Table 1.
Study group | Control group | χ2 | P | |||||
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Low | Moderate | Severe | Low | Moderate | Severe | |||
Baseline, n (%) | 43 (42.2) | 48 (47.1) | 11 (10.8) | 50 (49.0) | 41 (40.2) | 11 (10.8) | 1.1 | 0.58 |
At 1st follow up, n (%) | 51 (56.7) | 30 (33.3) | 9 (10.0) | 50 (57.5) | 28 (32.2) | 9 (10.4) | 0.1 | 0.98 |
At 2nd follow up, n (%) | 63 (75.9) | 20 (24.1) | 0 (0.0) | 48 (63.2) | 22 (28.9) | 6 (7.9) | 7.8 | 0.02* |
*Statistically significant (Kruskal–Wallis Test)