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

Table 8

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

Indicators	Intervention group (n = 62)	Control group (n = 61)	t value	value
Baseline value	239.92 ± 98.19	208.66 ± 88.60	1.852	0.066
Postintervention	201.57 ± 106.39	229.82 ± 122.63	−1.365	0.175
Postintervention difference (post-pre)	−36.85 (−82.70, 15.38)	12.00 (−35.45, 80.15)	−3.538	0.001
Improvement (%)	15.98	−10.14
Intragroup t (P)	4.034 (0.001)	−1.525 (0.133)

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