Adefovir dipivoxil induced hypophosphatemic osteomalacia in chronic hepatitis B: a comparative study of Chinese and foreign case series

Table 4 Time of symptom and serology recovery*

	C group	F group	P-value
Initial time of pain relief (months)			0.001^a
≤1	37(46.3%)	3(18.8%)
1<T≤3	36(45.0%)	6(37.5%)
> 3	7(8.8%)	7(43.8%)
Initial time of serum Phos. Rising (months)			0.099^a
≤1	19(35.2%)	2(20.0%)
1<T≤3	25(46.3%)	3(30.0%)
3<T≤6	6(11.1%)	4(40.0%)
>6	4(7.4%)	1(10.0%)

*Eighty and 16 patients recorded the initial time of pain relief in C and F group, respectively, and 54 and 10 patients recorded the initial time of serum Phos. Rising
^aTwo independent sample Mann-Whitney U test

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