Research Article

Traditional Chinese Medicine-Guided Dietary Intervention for Male Youth Undergoing Drug Detoxification: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 11

The vital signs before and after the intervention in the two groups.

IndexBaselineAfter 3 months
Intervention group (n = 62)Control group (n = 61)t value ( value)Intervention group (n = 62)Control group (n = 61)t value ( value)

Height (cm)169.80 ± 5.95168.87 ± 6.390.646 (0.520)169.72 ± 5.97168.81 ± 6.420.633 (0.529)
Weight (kg)70.26 ± 11.0268.28 ± 8.680.861 (0.392)72.16 ± 11.7369.14 ± 10.531.169 (0.246)
Systolic pressure (mmHg)124.92 ± 11.20128.61 ± 13.26−1.289 (0.201)124.94 ± 12.82122.40 ± 12.040.882 (0.381)
Diastolic pressure (mmHg)76.08 ± 10.3074.97 ± 8.250.513 (0.610)76.81 ± 9.4174.55 ± 11.570.916 (0.363)
Pulse (times/points)70 ± 1168 ± 100.741 (0.461)73 ± 1473 ± 100.020 (0.984)

Intragroup t (P) represents the statistics and value of the paired t-test compared with that before treatment. Mann–Whitney U test was adopted.