Problem

Doctors developed an intensive intervention program for obese patients with heart disease. Subjects with a $\mathrm{BMI}$ of $30 \mathrm{~kg} / \mathrm{m}^{2}$ or more, with heart disease were assigned to a three-month lifestyle change of diet and exercise, Patients' Left Ventricle Ejection Fraction (LVEF) are measured before and after intervention. A normal heart's ejection fraction may je between 50 and 70 percent, higher numbers indicate a healthier heart. Assume LVEFs are normally distributed.
\begin{tabular}{|r|r|}
\hline Before & After \\
\hline 41 & 53 \\
\hline 44 & 68 \\
\hline 51 & 65 \\
\hline 56 & 68 \\
\hline 46 & 54 \\
\hline 42 & 51 \\
\hline 48 & 61 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}

Find the $90 \%$ confidence interval for the mean of the differences. Round answers to at least 4 decimal places. $< \mu_{d}< $

Did the intensive intervention program significantly increase the LVEF measurements? ?

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The final answer is: The 90% confidence interval for the mean of the differences is approximately \(\boxed{(9.2930, 16.9927)}\). The intensive intervention program significantly increased the LVEF measurements.

Steps

Step 1 :First, calculate the differences between the 'Before' and 'After' measurements for each patient. The differences are [12, 24, 14, 12, 8, 9, 13].

Step 2 :Next, calculate the mean and standard deviation of these differences. The mean of the differences is approximately 13.1429 and the standard deviation is approximately 5.2418.

Step 3 :Then, calculate the 90% confidence interval for the mean of the differences. The 90% confidence interval is approximately (9.2930, 16.9927).

Step 4 :Finally, check if the confidence interval includes zero. In this case, the confidence interval does not include zero, which suggests that the intensive intervention program significantly increased the LVEF measurements.

Step 5 :The final answer is: The 90% confidence interval for the mean of the differences is approximately \(\boxed{(9.2930, 16.9927)}\). The intensive intervention program significantly increased the LVEF measurements.

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