Table 5.
Comparison of CRP before and after treatment between 2 groups of patients (person) M(P25, P75) (mg/L).
| Control group (n = 101) | Experimental group—high concentration alkaline water (n = 100) | Experimental group—medium concentration alkaline water (n = 100) | Experimental group—low concentration alkaline water (n = 96) |
H |
P |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before treatment | 51.83 (40.49, 61.42) | 49.84 (38.82, 62.43) | 48.87 (40.92, 58.08) | 46.12 (38.57, 56.05) | 0.74 | .16 |
| 3 mo after treatment | 51.41 (41.46, 62.01) | 42.30 (34.18, 51.26) | 41.69 (31.12, 48.53) | 39.35 (30.74, 46.84) | 3.10 | 1.62 × 10−9 |
| 6 mo after treatment | 48.96 (39.98, 56.10) | 42.57 (34.39, 51.47) | 38.72 (28.51, 43.54) | 37.33 (32.04, 43.63) | 3.21 | 1.14 × 10−19 |
| 12 mo after treatment | 51.97 (38.65, 59.25) | 34.20 (27.94, 41.57) | 33.41 (25.61, 40.59) | 30.02 (24.28, 36.28) | 5.15 | 4.91 × 10−35 |
Non-normal distribution data that do not conform to the normal distribution are described using the median (interquartile spacing) (M (P25, P75)) and independent sample Kruskal-Wallis H test. Perform inter-group comparisons for parameters with statistically significant differences.