Filaria Journal

Table 2 Comparison of the day specific mean oedema volume between patients treated with Daflon (500 mg) + DEC (25 mg) and patients treated with DEC (25 mg), twice daily for 90 days.

From: Some observations on the effect of Daflon (micronized purified flavonoid fraction of Rutaceae aurantiae) in bancroftian filarial lymphoedema

Days of comparison	Daflon 500 mg + DEC		DEC
	t – value	P value	t – value	P value
day 0 vs. day 75	0.316	0.758	-0.140	0.891
day 0 vs. day 90	2.928	0.013	0.001	0.999
day 0 vs. day 180	4.149	0.002	0.521	0.612
day 0 vs. day 270	4.989	< 0.001	0.156	0.879
day 0 vs. day 360	6.959	< 0.001	0.428	0.676
day 75 vs. day 90	2.574	0.026	0.433	0.673
day 75 vs. day 180	3.309	0.007	1.291	0.221
day 180 vs. day 270	0.621	0.547	-1.003	0.336
day 270 vs. day 360	0.325	0.751	-0.006	0.996

Day 0: pre-treatment Day 1 – day 90: period of treatment Day 91 – day 360: period of follow-up

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