Table 1. Baseline data.

Items	Waiguan (TE5) (n = 10)	Nonacupoint (n = 8)	Statistics	P
Gender (M/F, n)	9/1	7/1		1*
Age	56.10±5.53	58.50±7.05	t = −0.811	0.429
Duration, months	5.30±3.71	3.38±3.29	t = 1.148	0.268
CSS score	18.20±4.02	17.13±4.76	t = 0.520	0.611
Hypertension (Yes/No, n)	9/1	6/2		0.559*
Diabetes mellitus (Yes/No, n)	2/8	1/7		1*

The P values with “*”were obtained using Fisher’s Exact Test, whereas the rest were the result of independent samples t-test.