Table 2 Comparison between the three studied groups according to latency of effect, outcome, and side effect
| Â | Group A (n = 11) | Group B (n = 12) | Group C (n = 7) | Test of Sig. | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
  Latency |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
   No delay | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 85.7 | χ2 = 19.259* | MCp < 0.001* |
   Delay | 11 | 100.0 | 12 | 100.0 | 1 | 14.3 | ||
  Duration of latency (mean) | 2.5 weeks | 1 week | 0.075 week |  |  | |||
  Min.–Max. | 14.0–21.0 | 3.0–12.0 |  | U = 0.000* | < 0.001* | |||
  Mean ± SD. | 17.18 ± 3.66 | 7.0 ± 2.59 | 4.0# | |||||
  Median | 14.0 | 7.0 |  | |||||
  IQR | 14.0–21.0 | 5.0–8.75 |  | |||||
  Outcome** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
   Poor | 3 | 27.3 | 1 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 | χ2 = 9.490 | MCp = 0.118 |
   Fair | 4 | 36.4 | 2 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
   Good | 3 | 27.3 | 5 | 41.7 | 2 | 28.6 | ||
   Excellent | 1 | 9.1 | 4 | 33.3 | 5 | 71.4 | ||
   Over all outcome | 72.7% | 91.6% | 100% |  |  | |||
  Side effect |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
   Absent | 3 | 27.3 | 8 | 66.7 | 4 | 57.1 | χ2= 3.657 | MCp= 0.208 |
   Present | 8 | 72.7 | 4 | 33.3 | 3 | 42.9 | ||