Table 3.
Contingency table and statistical analysis of hepatomegaly data
| Group | Pre-post | McNemar test p-value | Positive Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y-Y | Y-N | N-Y | N-N | Proportion | CI (95%) | ||
| A | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.36 | (0.109, 0.692) |
| B | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.03* | 0.86 | (0.421, 0.996) |
| C | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.50 | 0.57 | (0.184, 0.901) |
| A + B | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0.27 | 0.56 | (0.308, 0.785) |
| A + B + C | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0.12 | 0.56 | (0.349, 0.756) |
The category “Positive Outcomes” includes both YES-NO (Y-N: improvement) and NO-NO (N-N: stabilization) cases. Confidence intervals, calculated by the Clopper and Pearson method and the p-value of McNemar test are reported. Statistically significant values (p < 0.05) are marked with an asterisk. Group A: n = 11, group B: n = 7, group C: n = 7.