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Characteristics of patient population by treatment group
| Category | Treatment group
|
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Penciclovir q12h (n = 115) | Penciclovir q8h (n = 114) | Acyclovir q8h (n = 113) | |
| No. (%) of | |||
| Males | 51 (44) | 58 (51) | 56 (50) |
| Females | 64 (56) | 56 (49) | 57 (50) |
| Whites | 107 (93) | 107 (94) | 106 (94) |
| Blacks | 8 (7) | 5 (4) | 5 (4) |
| Orientals | 0 | 2 (2) | 2 (2) |
| Age (yr) | |||
| Mean (SD) | 50 (15) | 50 (16) | 48 (17) |
| Median | 49 | 52 | 52 |
| Range | 18–82 | 18–88 | 18–81 |
