Clinical relevance of the use of Dentoxol® for oral mucositis induced by radiotherapy: A phase II clinical trial

Table 2 Odds ratio were calculated using a contingency table

	Severe oral mucositis	No severe oral mucositis	Total
Dentoxol®	a	b	a + b
Control	c	d	c + d
Total	a + c	b + d	a + b + c + d

a: Number of patients who presented severe oral mucositis and received Dentoxol^® treatment; b: Number of patients who did not present severe oral mucositis and received Dentoxol^® treatment; a + b: Total number of patients in the Dentoxol^® group; c: Number of patients who presented severe oral mucositis and received control treatment; d: Number of patients who did not present severe oral mucositis and received control treatment; c + d: Total number of patients in the control group.