Table. 5.

Table. 5.

Changes of BB Checker Value (BBV)

Group N Changes of BB Checker Value (mean±SD)

Base After 1 week After 2 weeks After 4 weeks After 8 weeks After 16 weeks
C 30 76.2±34.4 74.3±36.0 72.8±33.3 70.1±35.0 68.1±33.1* 70.9±36.0
E 30 74.8±38.4 61.7±31.7** 59.2±33.1** 55.6±43.7* 45.3±35.7** 46.6±40.8**
p-value 0.885 0.154 0.118 0.162 0.013 0.018

C: control group, E: experimental group, SD: standard deviation, p-value: p value by 2-sample t-test.

*p<0.05 by paired t-test between base and after.

**p<0.01 by paired t-test between base and after.

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