Table 3.
Frequency of gastrointestinal symptoms in the two groups before and after intervention.
| Gastrointestinal | Before intervention | After intervention | McNemar's test | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pomegranate juice+sumac | Placebo | Pomegranate juice+sumac | Placebo | ||||
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||||
| Anorexia | Men | Yes | 66 (97.1) | 5 (100.0) | 2 (2.9) | 2 (3.9) |
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p < 0.001 ∗p = 0.5 |
| No | 2 (2.9) | 0 (0.0) | 66 (97.1) | 2 (3.9) | |||
| Chi-square test | p = 0.5 | p < 0.001 | — | ||||
| Women | Yes | 18 (94.7) | 3 (100.0) | 1 (5.3) | 38 (100.0) |
#
p < 0.001 ∗p = 0.99 |
|
| No | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 18 (94.7) | 0 (0.0) | |||
| Chi-square test | p = 0.13 | p < 0.001 | — | ||||
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| Vomiting | Men | Yes | 62 (91.2) | 46 (88.5) | 1 (1.5) | 20 (39.2) |
#
p < 0.001 ∗p < 0.001 |
| No | 6 (8.8) | 6 (11.5) | 67 (98.5) | 31 (60.8) | |||
| Chi-square test | p = 0.6 | p < 0.001 | — | ||||
| Women | Yes | 17 (89.5) | 33 (84.6) | 0 (0.0) | 15 (39.5) |
#
p < 0.001 ∗p < 0.001 |
|
| No | 2 (10.5) | 6 (15.4) | 19 (100.0) | 23 (60.5) | |||
| Chi-square test | p = 0.9 | p < 0.001 | — | ||||
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| Diarrhea | Men | Yes | 57 (83.8) | 43 (82.7) | 1 (1.5) | 32 (62.7) |
#
p < 0.001 ∗p = 0.02 |
| No | 11 (16.2) | 9 (17.3) | 67 (98.5) | 19 (37.3) | |||
| Chi-square test | p = 0.8 | p < 0.001 | — | ||||
| Women | Yes | 17 (89.5) | 33 (84.6) | 0 (0.0) | 25 (65.8) |
#
p < 0.001 ∗p = 0.14 |
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| No | 2 (10.5) | 6 (15.4) | 19 (100.0) | 13 (34.0) | |||
| Chi-square test | p = 0.9 | p < 0.001 | — | ||||
#Pomegranate juice. ∗Placebo.