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Table 4 Treatment compliance (number of times salicylic acid applied or number of clinic visits for cryotherapy)

From: The effect of patients’ preference on outcome in the EVerT cryotherapy versus salicylic acid for the treatment of plantar warts (verruca) trial

 

Mean(sd)

Median(min,max)

p-value

Randomised to cryotherapy

   

  Preferred cryotherapy

3.58 (0.73)

4 (1, 4)

0.71

  Preferred salicylic acid

3.60 (0.52)

4 (3, 4)

  No preference

3.68 (0.79)

4 (1, 5)

Randomised to salicylic acid

   

Week 1

   

  Preferred salicylic acid

6.44 (1.03)

7 (4, 7)

0.89

  Preferred cryotherapy

6.53 (1.06)

7 (2, 7)

  No preference

6.23 (1.63)

7 (0, 7)

Week 3

   

  Preferred salicylic acid

6.27 (2.52)

7 (0, 12)

0.24

  Preferred cryotherapy

5.79 (3.55)

6 (0, 22)

 

  No preference

5.04 (2.23)

6 (0, 7)