Table 3.
The Control Group Results
| Mean | SD | F | p-value | T | DF | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARS | Baseline | 36.64 | 3.38 | 0.824 | 0.369 | 2.202 | 48 | - |
| W1 | 34.54 | 3.37 | 2.202 | 47.999 | 0.033a | |||
| W2 | 33.88 | 2.61 | 0.604 | 0.441 | 3.233 | 45.139 | 0.002a | |
| ABC | Baseline | 63.52 | 20.97 | 0.109 | 0.742 | 1.028 | 48 | - |
| W1 | 57.56 | 20.04 | 1.028 | 47.902 | 0.309 | |||
| W2 | 52.88 | 16.59 | 1.249 | 0.269 | 1.990 | 45.588 | 0.053 | |
| SDSC | Baseline | 50.04 | 8.95 | 0.004 | 0.948 | 0.557 | 48 | - |
| W1 | 48.64 | 8.81 | 0.557 | 47.989 | 0.580 | |||
| W2 | 48.48 | 9.00 | 0.006 | 0.941 | 0.615 | 47.999 | 0.542 | |
| BSFS | Baseline | 4.08 | 0.95 | 1.365 | 0.248 | 0.530 | 48 | - |
| W1 | 3.96 | 0.61 | 0.530 | 40.855 | 0.599 | |||
| W2 | 4.00 | 0.50 | 2.598 | 0.114 | −0.979 | 24.336 | 0.337 | |
Notes: aIndependent sample t-test; W1, First course of WMT treatment; W2, Second course of WMT treatment.
Abbreviations: CARS, Child Autism Rating Scale; ABC, Autism Behavior Checklist; SDSC, Sleep Dist Scale for Children; BSFS, Bristol Stool Form Scale; SD, Standard deviation; F, F statistic; T, T statistic; DF, Degrees of freedom.