Table 2.
The participants’ Chalder Fatigue Scale (CFS) score.
| Placebo n = 30 |
Cacao n = 30 |
p vs. Placebo |
p vs. Week 0 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placebo | Cacao | ||||||
| Week 0 | 21.5 | (18.0–26.5) | 22.0 | (16.3–25.8) | 0.9823 | – | – |
| Week 4 | 15.0 | (13.0–19.8) | 14.5 | (13.3–20.0) | 0.8643 | 0.0000 | 0.0002 |
| Δ | −5.0 | (−13.0 to −2.0) | −5.5 | (−9.0 to −2.0) | 0.4910 | – | – |
| Week 8 | 13.0 | (9.3–20.0) | 14.0 | (10.3–16.8) | 0.5991 | 0.0001 | 0.0000 |
| Δ | −9.0 | (−12.8 to −1.5) | −8.5 | (−12.0 to −5.5) | 0.8067 | – | – |
Values are median and interquartile ranges (25th–75th). Δ: the change from Week 0. p-values less than 0.05 are highlighted in bold.