Evaluation of muco-adhesive tacrolimus patch on caspase-3 induced apoptosis in oral lichen planus: a randomized clinical trial

Table 3 Comparison between groups in mean percentage change in Caspase-3 expression and lymphocytic count in studied groups before and after treatment

Mean percentage change [mean (SD)]	Group I	Group II	Group III	P-value
Caspase-3 (connective tissue)	− 25.5014^a (18.23)	− 29.9224^a (27.36)	− 118.3261^b (104.92)	0.004
Caspase-3 (epithelium)	59.2923^a (19.63)	58.7310^a (16.76)	− 64.2289^b (33.11)	0.0001*
Lymphocyte count	64.5492^a (7.42)	39.0625^b (6.42)	26.8015^c (13.45)	0.0001*

Values are given as mean (SD), *Significant at p ≤ 0.05 compared to the other study group, ^#significant at p ≤ 0.05 compared to base line (ANOVA) test, followed by Tukey’s post hoc: within the same comparison, means sharing the same superscript letter are not significantly different

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