The Beneficial Effects of Moxibustion on Overweight Adolescent Girls

Table 3

Generalized estimating equation analysis of outcome measurements.

(A) body mass index	ß	Standard error
Group
Treatment vs. control	31.627
Time course
4^th week vs. baseline	−0.268
8^th week vs. baseline	−0.077
Group time course (treatment vs. control)
4^th week vs. baseline	0.097	0.218	0.655
8^th week vs. baseline	−0.794	0.248	0.001
(B) waist-to-hip ratio
Group
Treatment vs. control	0.944
Time course
4^th week vs. baseline	−0.002
8^th week vs. baseline	−4.63
Group time course (treatment vs. control)
4^th week vs. baseline	−0.011	0.004	0.017
8^th week vs. baseline	−0.035	0.007	<0.001
(C) body fat ratio
Group
Treatment vs. control	40.509
Time course
4^th week vs. baseline	−0.268
8^th week vs. baseline	0.068
Group time course (treatment vs. control)
4^th week vs. baseline	−0.253	0.353	0.474
8^th week vs. baseline	−2.068	0.548	<0.001
(D) Rosenberg self-Esteem Scale
Group
Treatment vs. control	26.364
Time course
4^th week vs. baseline	0.136
8^th week vs. baseline	0.227
Group time course (treatment vs. control)
4^th week vs. baseline	0.155	0.622	0.803
8^th week vs. baseline	1.606	0.698	0.021

The outcome measurements are body mass index (A), waist-to-hip ratio (B), body fat ratio (C), and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (D) (N = 46). , , .