Biofeedback therapy combined with Baduanjin on quality of life and gastrointestinal hormone level in patients with colorectal cancer

Table 5 Gastrointestinal hormone levels in peripheral blood of four groups (mean ± SD, pg·mL^-1)

Group	MTL		SS
	Baseline	12 wk	Baseline	12 wk
Group A	146.07 ± 28.42	159.28 ± 25.69	120.17 ± 21.84	124.52 ± 23.38
Group B	151.75 ± 25.54	192.79 ± 22.75b,d	131.18 ± 22.11	110.36 ± 22.49b,d
Group C	147.57 ± 20.43	189.46 ± 25.06b,d	125.36 ± 19.81	114.14 ± 21.10b,d
Group D	144.52 ± 22.41	269.33 ± 24.74b,d	119.52 ± 21.12	70.26 ± 20.53b,d

^bP < 0.01, the intra-group comparison of each group at different time points.

^dP < 0.01, the comparison between group d, group a, group b and group c at the same time point.

MTL: Levels of motilin; SS: Levels of somatostatin.