Table 4 Baseline differences between intervention groups

ANOVA

 Group A (SD) (n = 41)

47.49 (7.87)

56.07 (10.44)

14.59 (3.26)

13.83 (2.64)

 Group B (SD) (n = 5)

49.80 (5.97)

53.00 (8.22)

17.40 (2.88)

15.20 (1.79)

 Group C (SD) (n = 34)

41.88 (8.21)

39.76 (8.25)

17.12 (3.00)

12.24 (3.19)

 F-value

5.516

28.16

6.745

4.150

 p-value

0.006*

 > 0.005*

0.002*

0.019*

Post hoc

 Group A-C (SE), p

5.61 (1.84), 0.009*

16.31 (2.19), > 0.005*

− 2.53 (0.73), 0.002*

1.59 (0.66), 0.048*

 Group B-C (SE), p

7.92 (3.80), 0.100

13.24 (4.53), 0.012*

0.28 (1.50), 0.981

2.96 (1.37), 0.084

 Group A-B (SE), p

− 2.31 (3.76), 0.812

3.07 (4.48), 0.772

− 2.81 (1.48), 0.146

− 1.37 (1.35), 0.571