Table 2.
Demographic information of persistent and recurrent patients.
| Persistent (n = 23) |
Recurrence (n = 13) |
ap Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender, n (%) | 0.682 | ||
| Female | 17 (73.9) | 11 (84.6) | |
| Male | 6 (26.1) | 2 (15.4) | |
| Age (year) ± SE (range) | 57.6 ± 2.3 (34–77) | 61.9 ± 1.2 (55–69) | 0.281 |
| BH (cm) ± SE (range) | 158.6 ± 0.9 (150–170) | 155.9 ± 2.3 (148–174) | 0.006 |
| BW (kg) ± SE (range) | 62.7 ± 1.6 (46–75) | 62.5 ± 4.7 (45–93) | 0.361 |
| DM (%) | 6 (26.1) | 4 (30.8) | 0.763 |
| Hypertension (%) | 4 (17.4) | 4 (30.8) | 0.422 |
| Lesion site, n (%) | 0.731 | ||
| Left | 11 (47.8) | 5 (38.5) | |
| Right | 12 (52.2) | 8 (61.5) | |
| Duration (month) ± SE (range) | 17.0 ± 3.3 (1–48) | 11.7 ± 3.2 (2–36) | 0.580 |
| CSA (mm2) (SE) | 13.9 ± 0.8 | 14.3 ± 1.9 | 0.474 |
| No. of injection (SE) | 3.2 ± 0.5 | 3.0 ± 0.4 | 0.845 |
| Outcome | 0.165 | ||
| Effective | 12 (52.2) | 10 (76.9) | |
| Poor | 11 (47.8) | 3 (23.1) | |
| Other treatment, (%) | 6 (26.1) | 5 (38.5) | 0.475 |
| Follow-up period, (months) (SE) (range) | 30.7 ± 3.1 (6–67) | 37.2 ± 5.5 (7–62) | 0.281 |
BH = Body height; BW = Body weight; DM = Diabetes mellitus; CSA = Cross-sectional area; SE = standard error. a Mann–Whitney U Test, Fisher’s exact test.