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Table 3 Classification of adverse events

From: Traditional Chinese medicine paraffin therapy: an evidence-based overview from a modern medicine perspective

Adverse events

n (%)

Exp (n = 27)

Con (n = 25)

Total (n = 52)

Increased blood pressure

2 (7.4)

5 (20)

7 (13)

Vomiting

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Increased pain

0 (0)

15 (60)a

15 (29)

Scald

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Skin disease

1 (3.7)

0 (0)

1 (2)

Deaths

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

  1. aP < 0.05