Table 4.
Contingency table and statistical analysis of splenomegaly data
| Group | Pre-post | McNemar test p-value | Positive outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y-Y | Y-N | N-Y | N-N | Proportion | CI (95%) | ||
| A | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0.63 | 0.67 | (0.299, 0.925) |
| B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.50 | 0.67 | (0.223, 0.957) |
| C | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0.25 | 0.71 | (0.290, 0.963) |
| A + B | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1.00 | 0.67 | (0.384, 0.882) |
| A + B + C | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0.51 | 0.68 | (0.451, 0.861) |
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. Group A: n = 9, group B: n = 6, group C: n = 7.