Table 2.
Clinical symptom score and colon mucosa inflammation score ( ± s).
| Group | n | The score of clinical symptoms (Mayo score) | The score of colon mucosa inflammation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before treatment | After treatment | Before treatment | After treatment | ||
| Experiment group | 41 | 7.17 ± 1.26 | 2.46 ± 0.67∗ | 2.07 ± 0.29 | 0.54 ± 0.14∗ |
| Control group | 41 | 7.02 ± 1.21 | 3.96 ± 0.71∗ | 2.02 ± 0.29 | 0.71 ± 0.17∗ |
| z value | 0.560 | 2.654 | 0.784 | 2.742 | |
| P value | 0.674 | 0.008 | 0.431 | 0.010 | |
z value calculated by Wilcoxon rank-sum test between two groups. *P < 0.01, comparing with before treatment using Wilcoxon rank-sum test.