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

Table 5

Score changes in yang deficiency syndrome elements in the two groups.

Indicators	Intervention group (n = 62)	Control group (n = 61)	t value	value
Baseline value	251.37 ± 112.39	224.52 ± 112.81	1.322	0.189
Postintervention	239.71 ± 121.46	281.23 ± 149.28	−1.693	0.093
Postintervention difference (post-pre)	−13.95 (−76.95, 52.36)	40.70 (−22.80, 139.75)	−3.059	0.003
Improvement (%)	4.63	−25.26
Intragroup t (P)	0.923 (0.359)	−3.075 (0.003)

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