Mechanism of Body Weight Reducing Effect of Oral Boric Acid Intake

Table 2

Body weight changes of the groups and statistical analyses in five days.

Groups	Day 0	Day 5	Difference	Wilcoxon Test
				𝑧	P
Control Group
Mean	21.50	21.92	0.42	−1.890	0.059
Std. Deviation	1.05	1.32	0.38
Boric Acid Group
Mean	21.83	15.92	−5.92	−2.220	0.026
Std. Deviation	1.17	0.80	0.66
Mann-Whitney Test
𝑧	−.580	−2.892	−2.929
P	.562	.004	.003