Table 3.

The comparison of the patients’ appetite between the two groups at the baseline and end of the intervention

Variables	N.sativa group (n = 24)	Placebo group (n = 22)	P-valueb
Appetite
Before	26.0 (3.75)	26.0 (5.0)	0.61
After	27.0 (3.0)	25.5 (5.0)	0.03
Mean change	2.5 (4.0)	0.0 (4.0)	0.02
P-valuea	0.01	0.86

Note: Distribution of the variable was not normal

* Median (IQR)

^a Within-group comparison (Wilcoxon test)

^b Between-group comparison (Mann-Whitney u-test)