Table 2.

Relative differences in total crying duration and time spent fussing, crying and colicky crying

	Relative difference (%) by Kruskal-Wallis H test				Relative difference (%) by Mann-Whitney U test
	BL—IW1
	A	B	C		A+B	C
	n=49	n=49	n=49	p Value	n=98	n=49	p Value
Fussing	20 (−102–70)*	24 (−41–100)†	11 (−100–85)‡	0.202	23 (−102–100)§	11 (−100–85)‡	0.089
Crying	23 (−6950–83)	29 (−132–82)	18 (−347–84)	0.478	27 (−6950–83)	18 (−347–84)	0.233
Colicky crying	60 (−158–100)*	52 (−431–100)†	43 (−227–100)‡	0.647	53 (−431–100)§	43 (−227–100)‡	0.427
TC	27 (−83–65)	25 (−29–68)	22 (−26–57)	0.211	27 (−83–68)	22 (−26–57)	0.081

	BL—IW2
	A	B	C	p Value	A+B	C	p Value
	n=48	n=49	n=48		n=97	n=48
Fussing	35 (−116–83)*	30 (−156–87)†	28 (−177–89)†	0.733	34 (−156–87)§	28 (−177–89)†	0.515
Crying	39 (−7550–91)	41 (−104–89)	22 (−90–97)	0.050	40 (−7550–91)	22 (−90–97)	0.021
Colicky crying	69 (−157–100)*	81 (−37–100)†	71 (−71–100)†	0.361	75 (−157–100)§	71 (−71–100)†	0.400
TC	38 (−57–77)	44 (−18–87)	33 (−7–88)	0.151	41 (−57–87)	33 (−7–88)	0.068

	BL—FU
	A	B	C	p Value	A+B	C	p Value
	n=47	n=49	n=48		n=96	n=48
Fussing	35 (−96–96)¶	34 (−150–97)†	27 (−100–93)†	0.591	35 (−150–97)**	27 (−100–93)†	0.349
Crying	42 (−12 150–100)	56 (−305–97)	35 (−109–100)	0.237	47 (−12 150 –100)	35 (−109–100)	0.202
Colicky crying	89 (−161–100)¶	96 (−140–100)†	65 (−294–100)†	0.031	92 (−161–100)**	65 (−294–100)†	0.031
TC	47 (−90–97)	50 (−22–92)	32 (−66–98)	0.142	49 (−90–97)	32 (−66–98)	0.067

Statistically significant p values (p≤0.05) are indicated by bold text. P values representing a statistical tendency towards significance (p=0.051–0.1) are italicised.

Data are presented as median (range).

*n=45.

†n=47.

‡n=48.

§n=92.

¶n=43.

**n=90.

BL, baseline; FU, follow-up; IW, intervention week; TC, total crying.