Table 2.
Clinical characteristics of patients in the acupuncture therapy and the control groups.
| Characteristic | Acupuncture therapy group (N = 55) |
Control group (N = 24) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years, mean ± SD) | 35.35 ± 4.01 | 32.21 ± 3.16 | 0.001 |
| BMI (kg.m-2, mean ± SD) | 22.56 ± 3.31 | 21.58 ± 3.71 | 0.249 |
| Number of days postpartum (days, mean ± SD) | 142.24 ± 101.67 | 125.83 ± 87.60 | 0.185 |
| Number of parturition(n) | 1.53 ± 0.60 | 1.33 ± 0.57 | 0.470 |
| Duration of disease (months) | 3.78 ± 2.84 | 3.27 ± 2.52 | 0.449 |
| Delivery mode (A/B/C)* | 32/22/1 | 18/6/0 | 0.326 |
| Family history (y/n) | 4/51 | 1/23 | 0.602 |
| EPDS | 15.67 ± 4.57 | 15.71 ± 5.14 | 0.976 |
| HAMDS | 14.00 ± 3.51 | 13.33 ± 4.78 | 0.544 |
*A, Natural childbirth; B, Cesarean section; C, Women miscarried but pregnant for more than seven months.