Table 6.

Comparison of group 1 and group 2 with HALIT scores at different time intervals by unpaired t 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	2.85	0.83	1.60	0.59	1.08	0.27	1.25	0.71	1.78	0.86
Group 2	3.43	0.81	2.20	0.61	1.40	0.50	1.23	0.70	2.03	0.70
Total	3.14	0.87	1.90	0.67	1.24	0.43	1.24	0.70	1.90	0.79
% of change in group 1							43.86%#, P = 0.0001*		62.28%#, P = 0.0001*
% of change in group 2							35.77%#, P = 0.0001*		59.12%#, P = 0.0001*
Z-value	−3.1232		−4.4785		−3.6490		0.1592		−1.4260
P-value	0.0025*		0.00001*		0.0005*		0.8739		0.1579

*P < 0.05 indicates significant at 5% level

#Applied paired t test