Table 2.
Mean changes in outcomes from the baseline (V0) to the end of the study (V1).
| Outcomes | Traditional group (n=30) | WeChat group (n=37) | P value between-group difference | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V0 | V1 | Mean (95% CI) within-group difference | P value | V0 | V1 | Mean (95% CI) within-group difference | P value | ||
| Total-IgE (IU/ml) | 191.2 (112.8, 324.8) | 209.2 (115.1, 303.4) | −7.15 (−24.3, 10.0) | 0.923 | 248.4 (117.0, 379.8) | 189.4 (96.5, 282.3) | −59.0 (−130.8, 12.7) | 0.627 | 0. 200 |
| FeNO (ppb) | 24.9 (18.4, 31.5) | 20. 7 (16.3, 25.2) | −4.2 (−7.9, −0.64) | 0.539 | 28.1 (22.4, 33.7) | 17.5 (14.6, 20.5) | −10.5 (−14.5, −6.5) | 0.014 | 0.033 |
| Blood (%) | |||||||||
| Eosinophils | 3.08 (2.19, 3.97) | 2.61 (1.96, 3.25) | −0.47 (−0.99, 0.04) | 0.668 | 3.35 (2.48, 4.23) | 2.20 (1.65, 2.74) | −1.16 (−1.90, −0.14) | 0.048 | 0.183 |
| Neutrophils | 57.1 (54.0, 60.2) | 57.5 (55.8, 59.3) | 0.47 (−2.4, 3.4) | 0.929 | 56.2 (53.3, 59.1) | 58.8 (56.3, 61.2) | 2.6 (0.27, 4.8) | 0.134 | 0.484 |
| Pulmonary function (%) | |||||||||
| FEV1/predicted | 83.64 (80.43, 86.86) | 87.88 (84.14, 91.63) | 4.24 (−0.08, 8.56) | 0.143 | 82.23 (79.32, 85.15) | 93.50 (90.70, 96.31) | 11.27 (8.01, 14.53) | <0.001 | 0.023 |
| FEV1/FVC | 81.25 (78.51, 83.99) | 84.47 (80.82, 88.12) | 3.17 (0.47, 5.89) | 0.177 | 79.20 (76.77, 81.62) | 83.95 (81.12, 86.78) | 4.76 (2.21, 7.30) | 0.012 | 0.654 |
| ACQ-7 | 2.06 (1.76, 2.35) | 1.60 (1.39, 1.81) | −0.46 (−0.69, −0.23) | 0.024 | 2.04 (1.82, 2.25) | 1.38 (1.23, 1.52) | −0.66 (−0.87, −0.45) | <0.001 | 0.145 |
| AQLQ | 5.49 (5.27, 5.71) | 5.70 (5.53, 5.88) | 0.21 (−0.01, 0.43) | 0.128 | 5.43 (5.18, 5.69) | 6.04 (5.92, 6.16) | 0.60 (0.38, 0.83) | <0.001 | 0.040 |
| LCQ (total) | 12.69 (11.89, 13.49) | 13.51 (12.82, 14.20) | 0.82 (0.45, 1.19) | 0.117 | 12.69 (12.14, 13.24) | 14.43 (13.98, 14.88) | 1.74 (1.29, 2.19) | <0.001 | 0.001 |
| Social | 5.00 (4.62, 5.38) | 5.34 (4.81, 5.48) | 0.14 (−0.09, 0.38) | 0.661 | 4.92 (4.64, 5.20) | 5.33 (5.10, 5.57) | 0.41 (0.20, 0.63) | 0.297 | 0.050 |
| Psychological | 3.71 (3.39, 4.04) | 4.25 (3.97, 4.53) | 0.54 (0.30, 0.79) | 0.006 | 3.63 (3.34, 3.91) | 4.63 (4.35, 4.92) | 1.00 (0.68, 1.33) | <0.001 | 0.044 |
| Physiological | 3.98 (3.63, 4.34) | 4.12 (3.82, 4.41) | 0.13 (−0.08, 0.35) | 0.871 | 4.14 (3.90, 4.38) | 4.47 (4.28, 4.65) | 0.32 (0.16, 0.48) | 0.053 | 0.096 |
Data are presented as mean (95% CI) unless otherwise stated.