Table 1.

Patient demographic and disease characteristics

Patient’s Characteristics		OLN group		Control group		Chi-square test
		%	N	%	N	P-value
sex	male	51.52	17	66.67	22	0.87
	female	48.48	16	33.33	11
Emetogenicity of chemotherapy drugs	H	36.4	12	36.4	12	0.952
	M	30.3	10	27.2	9
	H+M	33.3	11	36.4	12
type of cancer	GIT	6.1	2	6.1	2
	Genital	15.2	5	6.1	2
	ALL	42.4	14	48.4	16
	AML	27.2	9	30.3	10
	Multiple myeloma	6.1	2	6.1	2
	Sarchoma	0	0	3	1
	Respiratory	3	1	0	0

H: Highly Emetogenic Chemotherapy, M: Moderately Emetogenic Chemotherapy, H+M: Highly +Moderately Emetogenic Chemotherapy, GIT: Gastric Intestinal Tract. ALL: Acute lymphocytic leukemia, AML: Acute myeloid Leukemia