Preliminary Study to Evaluate Three Different Treatments on Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients Based on Markov Model

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:11.14em"/><col style="width:9.88em"/><col style="width:3.27em"/><col style="width:3.28em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Groups</td><td class="align_center">Utilities</td><td class="align_center">F</td><td class="align_center">P</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Western medicine group</td><td class="align_center">0.662519 ± 0.1055043</td><td class="align_center" rowspan="3">1.834</td><td class="align_center" rowspan="3">0.162</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">TCM group</td><td class="align_center">0.676278 ± 0.1004063</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Combined group</td><td class="align_center">0.708756 ± 0.1021848</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div><svg height="12.3263pt" id="M19" style="vertical-align:-0.04979992pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -12.2765 8.21559 12.3263" width="8.21559pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,0,-5.741)"><path d="M806 13L422 655H412L28 13L35 1H799L806 13ZM712 54H122L417 547L712 54Z"></path></g></svg>Plus–minus values are means ± SD.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>Comparison of Utilities among Three Groups after Treatment<span class="nowrap"><svg height="12.3263pt" id="M18" style="vertical-align:-0.04979992pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -12.2765 8.21559 12.3263" width="8.21559pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,0,-5.741)"><path d="M806 13L422 655H412L28 13L35 1H799L806 13ZM712 54H122L417 547L712 54Z"></path></g></svg>.</span></div>

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Table 5: Preliminary Study to Evaluate Three Different Treatments on Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients Based on Markov Model 