Comparing the effect of sucrose gel and metronidazole gel in treatment of clinical symptoms of bacterial vaginosis: a randomized controlled trial

Table 2 Comparison of absolute and relative frequency distribution of topics of patients’ clinical complaints before and after treatment

Criterion	A				Intra-group comparison before and after treatment (P values)*	B				Intra-group comparison before and after treatment (P values)*
	Before treatment		After treatment			Before treatment		After treatment
	N	%	N	%		N	%	N	%
Abundant vaginal discharge	35	100	8	22.9	P < 0.001	35	100	10	28.6	P < 0.001
Malodor	35	100	4	11.4	P < 0.001	35	100	2	5.7	P < 0.001
Itching	14	40	3	8.6	P = 0.001	13	37.1	5	14.3	P = 0.057
Dyspareunia	12	34.3	4	11.4	P = 0.021	9	25.7	1	2.9	P = 0.008
Abdominal pain	11	31.4	3	8.6	P = 0.008	17	48.6	5	14.3	P = 0.004
Group (n)	35		35			35		35
Comparison of the two groups after treatment P > 0.05**

A sucrose gel, B metronidazole gel, N % number and percentage of patients within each endpoint for each treatment group, Group (n) the number of patients in each group
*Derived from the McNemar test
**Derived from the chi-square test

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