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