Table 6 Results on symptom severity, quality of life, and body constitution in the three groups at four measurements and comparisons using GEE (n = 240)
|  | CS (n = 81) | YS (n = 80) | Placebo (n = 79) | GEE (Group × Time) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | ||
| Â | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Â | Â |
(SE) | (SE) | (SE) | (SE) | (SE) | (SE) | (SE) | (SE) | (SE) | (SE) | (SE) | (SE) | Wald χ 2 | P | |
SS total score | 102.93 (5.33) | 61.21 (5.33) | 51.42 (5.33) | 42.29 (5.33) | 101.59 (5.37) | 66.49 (5.37) | 62.21 (5.37) | 49.76 (5.37) | 105.93 (5.40) | 87.34 (5.40) | 84.06 (5.40) | 76.83 (5.40) | 24.49 | <0.0005 |
QOL total score | 59.73 (2.78) | 37.54 (2.78) | 32.56 (2.78) | 29.22 (2.78) | 58.91 (2.80) | 41.78 (2.80) | 37.86 (2.80) | 33.34 (2.80) | 60.87 (2.82) | 50.35 (2.82) | 49.32 (2.82) | 45.08 (2.82) | 19.47 | 0.003 |
Body constitution | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Gentleness | 55.31 (1.40) | 60.90 (1.40) | 61.99 (1.40) | 61.91 (1.40) | 53.47 (1.40) | 57.73 (1.42) | 59.15 (1.41) | 60.64 (1.41) | 52.42 (1.41) | 54.72 (1.42) | 56.06 (1.42) | 59.97 (1.42) | 9.02 | 0.17 |
Qi-deficiency | 42.85 (1.80) | 35.05 (1.80) | 33.58 (1.80) | 33.57 (1.80) | 39.56 (1.80) | 37.50 (1.82) | 36.43 (1.82) | 34.82 (1.82) | 44.83 (1.81) | 42.92 (1.83) | 40.05 (1.83) | 39.27 (1.82) | 15.98 | 0.01 |
Yang-deficiency | 38.25 (2.13) | 29.46 (2.17) | 28.57 (2.17) | 28.26 (2.15) | 39.36 (2.16) | 34.54 (2.19) | 33.96 (2.19) | 33.29 (2.16) | 42.32 (2.16) | 37.99 (2.18) | 34.99 (2.19) | 35.17 (2.17) | 6.75 | 0.35 |
Inherited special | 41.07 (1.71) | 32.43 (1.72) | 31.33 (1.71) | 29.36 (1.71) | 39.77 (1.72) | 34.37 (1.74) | 32.13 (1.73) | 32.09 (1.73) | 39.86 (1.73) | 37.65 (1.74) | 33.91 (1.74) | 36.49 (1.74) | 16.58 | 0.01 |