Colchicine versus cimetidine: the better choice for Periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome prophylaxis, and the role of MEFV gene mutations

Table 4 Number of febrile attacks before and after treatment in two groups

variable	Drug regimens	Mean ± SD		P value^a	P value^b
variable	Drug regimens	Three months before treatment	Three months after treatment	P value^a	P value^b
febrile attacks (number)	Colchicine	5.11 ± 2.03	2.17 ± 1.79	≤ 0.0001	0.88
febrile attacks (number)	Cimetidine	4.65 ± 2.15	2.52 ± 1.76	≤ 0.0001	0.88

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