close-to-significantp = 0.06
However, a close-to-significant difference was observed in the middle phase (mean difference = −67.50, 95% CI = −139.27 to 4.26, p = 0.06), and a significant difference was observed in the last phase (mean difference = −97.27, 95% CI = −156.84 to −35.70, p = 0.003) ( Figure 2 b).