Table 2.

Baseline data for fussing, crying, colicky crying and the total duration of fussing, crying and colicky crying (TC)

	Infants starting the intervention (N=86)			Infants completing 3 weeks (N=81)
Categories of fussing and crying, min/day	Acupuncture group (n=46)	Control group (n= 40)	p Value	Acupuncture group (n=43)	Control group (n= 38)	p Value
Fussing, median (q1–q2)	113 (57–178)	146 (66–188)	0.255	112 (57–161)	148 (70–188)	0.173
Crying, median (q1–q2)	86 (55–123)	72 (36–119)	0.170	85 (53–121)	72 (34–119)	0.228
Colicky crying, median (q1–q2)	37 (17–127)	57 (21–96)	0.515	37 (17–124)	56 (20–92)	0.418
TC, median (q1–q2)	260 (218–351)	277 (231–370)	0.286	251 (213–315)	277 (230–368)	0.187