TABLE 3

Primary Outcome: NIPS Score During Circumcision

	EMLA (n = 10)	EMLA + Sucrose (n = 20)		EMLA + Sucrose + DPNB (n = 20)		EMLA + Sucrose + RB (n = 20)
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	P	Mean (SD)	P	Mean (SD)	P
Overall	5.50 (0.53)	3.10 (1.33)	<.001^a	3 (1.33)	<.001^a	2.45 (1.27)	<.001^a
Stage 1	5.90 (0.31)	2.85 (2.08)	<.001^a	2.80 (2.41)	<.001^a	2.70 (2.45)	<.001^a
Stage 2	5.30 (1.48)	1.55 (1.96)	<.001^a	1.40 (2.06)	<.001^a	1.40 (1.85)	<.001^a
Stage 3	6	4.70 (1.30)	.060	4.55 (2.06)	.031^a	4.50 (1.64)	<.001^a
Stage 4	5.80 (0.632)	4.30 (2.10)	.041^a	4.40 (1.73)	.020^a	2.25 (1.65)	<.001^a; .009^b; .002^b
Stage 5	3.80 (1.93)	1.55 (1.53)	.001^a	1.60 (1.60)	.001^a	1.20 (1.29)	<.001^a
Stage 6	5.80 (0.632)	3.50 (2.33)	.002^a	3.35 (2.32)	.001^a	1.95 (1.88)	<.001^a

↵a Statistically significant difference between the current intervention group and the control group (EMLA).
↵b Statistically significant difference between the current intervention group and another intervention group (EMLA + sucrose and EMLA + sucrose + DPNB, respectively).