Table 2 Comparison of corns that were healed and improved over 12 months by group
Corn Plaster | Scalpel | Difference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 101) | (n = 101) | |||
No (%) with completely healed index corn* | OR (95% CI)*** | P | ||
3 months | 32/95 (34%) | 20/94 (21%) | 2.00 (1.02,3.93) | 0.044 |
6 months | 27/74 (36%) | 24/80 (30%) | 1.59 (0.76,3.32) | 0.215 |
9 months | 18/55 (33%) | 22/64 (34%) | 0.99 (0.44,2.20) | 0.973 |
12 months | 20/43 (47%) | 16/51 (31%) | 1.94 (0.78,4.79) | 0.153 |
No (%) with improved index corn** | OR (95% CI)*** | P | ||
3 months | 79/95 (83%) | 53/94 (56%) | 4.42 (2.17,8.97) | <0.001 |
6 months | 62/74 (84%) | 54/80 (68%) | 2.74 (1.19,6.28) | 0.017 |
9 months | 44/55 (80%) | 49/64 (77%) | 1.24 (0.48,3.25) | 0.655 |
12 months | 33/43 (77%) | 39/51 (76%) | 0.97 (0.34,2.75) | 0.948 |
Mean (SD) size of index corn (mm) | Mean diff. (95% CI)**** | P | ||
Baseline | 3.9 (1.7) | 3.8 (1.8) | ||
3 months | 1.7 (1.6) | 2.7 (2.3) | −1.0 (−1.5, 0.5) | <0.001 |
6 months | 1.7 (1.6) | 2.4 (2.2) | −0.7 (−1.2, -0.2) | 0.006 |
9 months | 1.7 (1.6) | 2.2 (2.1) | −0.5 (−1.2, 0.1) | 0.107 |
12 months | 1.3 (1.5) | 2.3 (2.2) | −1.0 (−1.7, -0.2) | 0.010 |