nearly significantp = 0.066
Within this patient group, GSE showed nearly significant increase in the intervention period for the treatment group (SA-SB = 24.8–22.6 = 2.2, t = 2.09, p = 0.066), and significant increases between before and six months after (SSMA-SB = 28.3–22.6 = 5.7, t = 3.56, p = 0.006) and during the post-treatment period (SSMA-SA = 28.3–24.8 = 3.5, t = 2.54, p = 0.03).