Table 2.
Variables | Reference group | Comparison groups | Mean difference | 95% confidence interval | P-value |
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Vital signs | |||||
Body temperature (°C) | Control | Intervention A | 0.34 | (0.13, 0.54) | <0.001 |
Intervention B | 0.30 | (0.10, 0.51) | 0.001 | ||
Mean blood pressure(mmHg) | Control | Intervention A | -0.65 | (-4.38, 3.07) | 0.908 |
Intervention B | -1.04 | (-4.82, 2.72) | 0.787 | ||
Pulse rate(/minute) | Control | Intervention A | 5.46 | (0.84, 10.08) | 0.016 |
Intervention B | 5.29 | (0.62, 9.96) | 0.022 | ||
Respiratory rate(/minute) | Control | Intervention A | 1.66 | (0.61, 2.71) | 0.001 |
Intervention B | 1.41 | (0.34, 2.47) | 0.006 | ||
O2 saturation (%) | Control | Intervention A | -1.81 | (-2.94, -0.68) | 0.001 |
Intervention B | -2.38 | (-3.52, -1.24) | <0.001 | ||
Laboratory tests | |||||
White blood cells (× 109 cells/L) | Control | Intervention A | 0.23 | (-1.15, -1.62) | 0.916 |
Intervention B | 0.26 | (-1.13, -1.67) | 0.895 | ||
Neutrophil: Lymphocyte ratio | Control | Intervention A | 0.85 | (-1.00, 2.71) | 0.521 |
Intervention B | -0.24 | (-2.12, 1.63) | 0.947 | ||
Platelet (× 109 cells/L) | Control | Intervention A | 25.72 | (-13.09, -64.55) | 0.266 |
Intervention B | 1.95 | (-37.27, 41.19) | 0.992 | ||
CRP (mg/L) | Control | Intervention A | 15.68 | (10.07, 21.30) | <0.001 |
Intervention B | 16.28 | (10.60, 21.95) | <0.001 | ||
ESR (mm/h) | Control | Intervention A | 13.55 | (7.54, 19.58) | <0.001 |
Intervention B | 14.79 | (8.71, 20.86) | <0.001 |
Data were analyzed by ANOVA, followed by a post hoc test (Tukey).