Assessment of Changes in Concentration of Total Antioxidant Status, Acute-Phase Protein, and Prolactin in Patients with Osteoarthritis Subjected to a Complex Spa Treatment with Radon Water: Preliminary Results

Table 3

Comparison of prolactin level between groups.

	Study group ()							Control group ()
Variable		Me	Min	Max	Q1	Q3	SD		Me	Min	Max	Q1	Q3	SD
Test I	13.6	11.7	3.9	30.4	7.6	17.3	7.6	8.8	7.7	0.6	19	5.2	12.8	5.2	0.056
Test II	13.1	12.1	2.9	32	8.3	18.4	6.6	9.6	7.5	2.3	24.6	5.8	11.8	6.5	0.081
Test III	12.9	10.6	3.8	31.9	7.4	16.3	7.3	6.7	5.6	1.2	15.6	2.7	9.9	4.6	0.004
Difference II/I	-0.6	-0.9	-12.6	13.4	-2.9	1.8	5.3	0.8	0.5	-7.2	10.8	-1.3	1.8	5.1	0.596
Difference III/I	-0.7	-0.1	-10.3	4.8	-3.8	2.4	3.9	-2.1	-2.1	-15.9	4.2	-3.4	1.6	5	0.478
Difference III/II	-0.2	0.6	-12.4	13.7	-2.7	2.3	5.1	-2.9	-1.9	-18.5	6.3	-4.4	2.4	7.1	0.318

: mean; Me: median; Min: minimum value; Max: maximum value; Q1: lower quartile; Q3: upper quartile; SD: standard deviation; Mann-Whitney test.