Chinese Herbal Decoction Based on Syndrome Differentiation as Maintenance Therapy in Patients with Extensive-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer: An Exploratory and Small Prospective Cohort Study

Table 5

Function assessment in different phases.

Analysis	Baseline (I)		Observed (II)		Differences (I-II)
	Mean	95% CI	Mean	95% CI	Mean	95% CI
PS
First stage ()	1.54	1.34 to 1.73	1.36	1.07 to 1.64	0.18	−0.16to 0.53	0.29
Second stage ()	1.18	0.90 to 1.46	1.39	1.17 to 1.61	−0.21	−0.55 to 0.13	0.21
TCM syndromes
First stage ()	6.71	5.36 to 8.14	5.18	4.36 to 6.11	1.53	0.70 to 2.37	0.001
Second stage ()	3.79	2.85 to 4.85	3.29	2.79 to 3.82	0.57	−0.45 to 1.45	0.29