Table 2.

Treatments used before and after diagnosis.

		Sex (M/F)	Type of Patient (Adult/Paediatric)	Diagnostic Delay (y/n)	Hospitalisation (y/n)	Aggravation (y/n)
Before diagnosis	Drug therapy	25.9%/37.2%	39.1%/20.4% *	44.6%/20.6% *	34.7%/29.0%	42.6%/23.3% *
	Other treatments	24.1%/40.0%	35.7%/28.6%	44.4%/21.3% **	37.1%/29.0%	47.5%/21.9% **
	Alternative therapies	13.8%/15.8%	17.6%/10.2%	15.6%/13.1%	16.9%/12.9%	20.0%/11.0%
	Medicinal plants and/or herbal products	3.5%/9.2%	8.2%/4.2%	7.8%/6.7%	8.5%/4.9%	11.7%/2.8%
After diagnosis	Drug therapy	56.4%/71.1%	74.7%/47.9% **	23.4%/12.9%	75.7%/53.3% *	77.6%/55.6% *
	Other treatments	50.0%/51.9%	53.5%/46.9%	59.4%/43.5%	54.2%/47.5%	66.7%/38.4% **
	Alternative therapies	12.1%/22.1%	22.1%/10.2%	23.4%/12.9%	26.8%/8.1% **	25.0%/12.3%
	Medicinal plants and/or herbal products	12.1%/13.2%	12.9%/12.2%	12.7%/14.5%	17.1%/8.1%	22.0%/5.5% **

* p-value < 0.05; ** p-value < 0.01.