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Table 1 Baseline demographic characteristics and clinical data of TN patients given single or repeated dose BTX-Aa

From: Single-dose botulinum toxin type a compared with repeated-dose for treatment of trigeminal neuralgia: a pilot study

  

Single dose

Repeated dose

P

Subjects, n

 

44

37

 

Age, yb

 

60.73 ± 10.88

57.14 ± 10.39

0.056

Disease course, mo b

 

73.50 ± 63.63

50.46 ± 43.95

0.059

Gender

Male

19 (43.2%)

16 (43.2%)

1

 

Female

25 (56.8%)

21 (56.8%)

 

Side

Left

17 (38.6%)

14 (37.8%)

1

 

Right

27 (61.4%)

23 (62.2%)

 

Nerve branch

1

5 (11.4%)

3 (8.1%)

0.324

 

2

10 (22.7%)

11 (29.7%)

 
 

3

11 (25.0%)

8 (21.6%)

 
 

1, 2

8 (18.2%)

3 (8.1%)

 
 

1, 3

2 (4.5%)

0 (0.0%)

 
 

2, 3

8 (18.2%)

10 (27.0%)

 
 

1, 2, 3

0 (0.0%)

2 (5.4%)

 

Toothache

Yes

11 (25.0%)

15 (40.5%)

0.158

 

No

33 (75.0%)

22 (59.5%)

 
  1. aReported as n (%), unless indicated otherwise b y = year, mo = month