Table 5.

Univariate analysis of the efficacy assessment after two sessions of HMME-PDT.

Independent variables		Effective	Non-effective	z/χ2	P
		n (%)	n (%)
Age				−2.977	0.003
Sex				0.471	0.492
	Male	91 (79.8%)	23 (20.2%)
	Female	81 (83.5%)	16 (16.5%)
Lesion distribution				6.530	0.088
	Middle face	52 (78.8%)	14 (21.2%)
	Lateral face	42 (93.3%)	3 (6.7%)
	Neck	5 (71.4%)	2 (28.6%)
	Mixed parts	73 (78.5%)	20 (21.5%)
Treatment history				10.238	0.006
	None	86 (89.6%)	10 (10.4%)
	Effective treatment group	43 (69.4%)	19 (30.6%)
	Ineffective treatment group	43 (81.1%)	10 (18.9%)