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Table 3 Assessment of pain levels according to sex

From: The effect of different irrigation and disinfection methods on post-operative pain in mandibular molars: a randomised clinical trial

Pain

Male

Female

1p

Mean ± SD (median)

Mean ± SD (median)

Pre-operative

6.10 ± 1.08 (6)

5.94 ± 1.18 (5)

0.390

8 h

2.77 ± 1.91 (3)

2.53 ± 2.26 (3)

0.469

24 h

2.29 ± 1.87 (2)

2.14 ± 2.10 (2)

0.613

48 h

1.84 ± 1.75 (2)

1.73 ± 1.90 (1)

0.628

7 days

0.06 ± 0.36 (0)

0.04 ± 0.29 (0)

0.742

Pre-op-8 h 2p

0.000*

0.000*

 

Pre-op-24 h 2p

0.000*

0.000*

 

Pre-op-48 h 2p

0.000*

0.000*

 

Pre-op-7 days 2p

0.000*

0.000*

 
  1. 1Mann Whitney U test
  2. 2Wilcoxon sign test
  3. *p < 0.05