Table 5.

Comparison of group 1 and group 2 with CAL scores at different time intervals by Mann–Whitney U test

Groups	Baseline		1 Week		1 Month		Changes from baseline to
							1 Week		1 Month
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Group 1	4.23	0.89	4.14	0.90	3.69	0.87	0.08	0.20	0.53	0.64
Group 2	3.91	0.63	3.74	0.65	3.50	0.65	0.17	0.19	0.41	0.44
Total	4.07	0.78	3.94	0.80	3.60	0.77	0.13	0.20	0.47	0.55
% of change in group 1							1.95%#, P = 0.0418*		12.59%#, P = 0.0001*
% of change in group 2							4.34%#, P = 0.0001*		10.45%#, P = 0.0001*
Z-value	−2.1170		−2.1939		−0.6255		−2.4826		−1.1739
P-value	0.0343*		0.0282*		0.5317		0.0130*		0.2404

*P < 0.05 indicates significant at 5% level

#Applied Wilcoxon matched pairs test