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

Table 6

Changes in qi deficiency syndrome element scores in the two groups.

Indicators	Intervention group (n = 62)	Control group (n = 61)	t value	value
Baseline value	264.41 ± 106.65	227.77 ± 99.88	1.966	0.052
Postintervention	235.29 ± 115.47	264.68 ± 137.56	−1.284	0.202
Postintervention difference (post-pre)	−28.85 (−77.30, 37.50)	20.90 (−29.90, 108.15)	−3.303	0.003
Improvement (%)	11.01	−16.20
Intragroup t (P)	2.690 (0.009)	−2.196 (0.032)

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