Effect of Integrated Treatment with Traditional Chinese Medicine on Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis Patients

Table 2

Comparison of symptom quantifications before and after treatment.

Symptoms	Quantifications	Before			After
		Group A	Group B		Group A	Group B
Weakness				0.432			<0.001
n (%)	0	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)		3 (2.5)	9 (9.4)
	1	33 (32.5)	21 (21.9)		51 (50.0)	79 (84.4)
	2	64 (62.5)	70 (75.0)		48 (47.5)	6 (6.3)
	3	5 (5.0)	3 (3.1)		0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Irritability				0.600			0.016
n (%)	0	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)		0 (0.0)	9 (9.4)
	1	51 (50.0)	41 (43.8)		56 (55.0)	65 (68.8)
	2	51 (50.0)	53 (56.3)		46 (45.0)	20 (21.9)
Poor appetite				0.938			0.004
n (%)	0	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)		0 (0.0)	15 (15.6)
	1	56 (55.0)	53 (56.4)		61 (60.0)	64 (68.8)
	2	43 (42.5)	38 (40.6)		41 (40.0)	15 (15.6)
	3	3 (2.5)	3 (3.1)		0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Neck discomfort				0.548			0.011
n (%)	1	23 (22.5)	12 (12.5)		31 (30.0)	56 (59.4)
	2	56 (55.0)	62 (65.6)		61 (60.0)	35 (37.5)
	3	23 (22.5)	20 (21.9)		10 (10.0)	3 (3.1)
Poor memory				0.711			0.785
n (%)	1	46 (45.0)	38 (40.6)		64 (62.5)	62 (65.6)
	2	56 (55.0)	56 (59.4)		38 (37.5)	32 (34.4)