Table 4.
Remission and Occurrence of MTX Resistance
| Variable | Outcome |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Remission n = 25 |
Resistance n = 5 |
||
| Group | 0.014* | ||
| Intervention | 16 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| Control | 9 (64.3%) | 5 (35.7%) | |
| Age | 0.005* | ||
| Mean | 31 ± 9 | 43 ± 4 | |
| Median | 32 | 41 | |
| Range (min–max) | 19–46 | 40–48 | |
| Initial β-hCG level | 0.231 | ||
| Mean | 182.807.6 ± 350.287.20 | 133.735.2 ± 96.696.7 | |
| Median | 13.070.0 | 147.908.0 | |
| Range (min–max) | 50.0–1.125.000.0 | 9.300–273.700.0 | |
For categorical data, the p-value was calculated based on the Chi-Square test, or the Kolmogorov Smirnov and Exact Fisher tests if the requirements of the Chi-Square were not met. For numerical data, the p-value was generated by an unpaired t-test if the data were normally distributed, and by the Mann-Whitney test if the data were not. *Indicates significance (p < 0.05).