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.
| Index | Baseline | After 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 ± 5.95 | 168.87 ± 6.39 | 0.646 (0.520) | 169.72 ± 5.97 | 168.81 ± 6.42 | 0.633 (0.529) | Weight (kg) | 70.26 ± 11.02 | 68.28 ± 8.68 | 0.861 (0.392) | 72.16 ± 11.73 | 69.14 ± 10.53 | 1.169 (0.246) | Systolic pressure (mmHg) | 124.92 ± 11.20 | 128.61 ± 13.26 | −1.289 (0.201) | 124.94 ± 12.82 | 122.40 ± 12.04 | 0.882 (0.381) | Diastolic pressure (mmHg) | 76.08 ± 10.30 | 74.97 ± 8.25 | 0.513 (0.610) | 76.81 ± 9.41 | 74.55 ± 11.57 | 0.916 (0.363) | Pulse (times/points) | 70 ± 11 | 68 ± 10 | 0.741 (0.461) | 73 ± 14 | 73 ± 10 | 0.020 (0.984) |
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Intragroup t (P) represents the statistics and value of the paired t-test compared with that before treatment. Mann–Whitney U test was adopted. |