The Influence of Chlorella and Its Hot Water Extract Supplementation on Quality of Life in Patients with Breast Cancer

Table 2

Changes in the FACT-B scores during the supplementation period.

	𝑛	Presupplementation	Postsupplementation	𝑃 value^a
Physical well-being
Vitamin mix	12	25.0 (21.5, 26.0)	26.0 (23.0, 27.0)	0.139
Chlorella granule	10	20.5 (11.3, 24.5)	25.0 (18.8, 27.5)	0.107
Chlorella extract	12	21.5 (18.0, 25.3)	23.0 (17.0, 26.9)	0.790
Social/familial well-being
Vitamin mix	13	16.3 (12.8, 22.0)	16.8 (14.0, 25.0)	0.093
Chlorella granule	10	20.8 (15.8, 22.8)	21.5 (19.0, 22.1)	0.359
Chlorella extract	12	21.0 (16.8, 22.5)	16.9 (9.8, 22.0)	0.169
Emotional well-being
Vitamin mix	12	19.0 (11.8, 20.5)	19.5 (13.5, 20.5)	0.386
Chlorella granule	10	17.0 (13.0, 19.8)	18.0 (13.3, 20.8)	0.722
Chlorella extract	11	18.0 (15.0, 19.1)	17.0 (15.5, 20.5)	0.310
Functional well-being
Vitamin mix	12	21.0 (17.3, 24.5)	22.0 (19.3, 25.8)	0.294
Chlorella granule	10	21.0 (16.0, 23.3)	20.5 (17.0, 22.5)	0.834
Chlorella extract	11	19.0 (14.5, 26.5)	22.0 (13.0, 25.5)	0.563
Breast cancer subscale
Vitamin mix	12	21.5 (20.0, 24.5)	20.5 (17.8, 27.1)	0.965
Chlorella granule	11	16.0 (12.9, 21.5)	20.4 (17.5, 22.5)	0.042*
Chlorella extract	11	23.0 (19.5, 23.5)	20.0 (18.0, 23.0)	0.478
Total
Vitamin mix	12	102.4 (89.5, 113.8)	104.6 (91.0, 117.2)	0.099
Chlorella granule	10	91.2 (72.8, 100.5)	104.6 (90.9, 110.2)	0.241
Chlorella extract	11	94.0 (87.0, 118.3)	91.0 (80.5, 112.4)	0.328

Median (25th percentile, 75th percentile). ^aBetween pre- and postsupplementation. *Statistically significant.