Table 2.

Mean diastasis rectus abdominis differences between the control and intervention groups (n=41)

Time	Mean±SD*		Mean size difference (95% CI)	t-statistic	df	P-value†
	Control (n=20)	Intervention (n=21)
Baseline	20.3±4.82	22.9±5.31	2.54 (-0.66 to 5.75)	1.60	39	0.117
Postintervention	18.7±5.35	16.7±3.55	-1.96 (-4.82 to 0.88)	-1.39	39	0.171

SD, standard deviation; CI, confidence interval; df, degrees of freedom.

^*Measured in mm as mean diastasis rectus abdominis at 2.5 cm above the umbilicus.

^†By independent t-test.