Evaluating the Individualized Treatment of Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Pilot Study of N-of-1 Trials

Table 2

Average 24 h sputum volume from the last week of each period and results of the statistical analyses.

	Case 1 (mL)	Case 2 (mL)	Case 3 (mL)
Baseline	10	62	40
Pair1 CD	5	60	22.5
Pair1 ID	5	53	38.6
Pair2 ID	7	55	30
Pair2 CD	5	65
Pair3 CD	3	61	38.6
Pair3 ID	4	60	34.3
value		0.3674
95% confidence interval		(−7.55, ∝)

CD: control decoction; ID: individualized decoction.
Not available due to an acute exacerbation.
These values were the results of one-sided paired Wilcoxon signed rank test for all the 3 cases.
No statistically significant differences in average 24 h sputum volume between the two decoctions for each of the 3 cases and for the total 3 cases together.