For ‘time to mycological cure’, values were evaluated as ordinal outcomes. Cats that did not reach mycological cure by the study conclusion were considered censored and assigned to the category ‘>9 weeks’. Differences between the two treatments were evaluated using a generalized linear mixed model using GLIMMIX of SAS, assuming a multinomial distribution and using a cumulative logit link.
The models included treatment group as a fixed effect and room and cohort nested in room as random effects. A P value <0.05 was determined significant.
For lesion scores (erythema, induration, scale/crust), the effectiveness of itraconazole in improving the total lesion score for each of the assessed primary lesions at each examination day was calculated according to the formula: