Table 1.

Subject characteristics in both groups

Item	Moxibustion group (n = 15)		Control group (n = 13)		P
	Mean	95% CI	Mean	95% CI
Age	47.47 ± 0.896	[41.48, 53.46]	40.92 ± 10.136	[34.8, 47.05]	0.112
Gender	Male 9	--------	Male 7	-------	0.743
	Female 6		Female 6
Height	1.673 ± 0.886	[1.624, 1.722]	1.692 ± 0.8156	[1.643, 1.742]	0.563
Weight	66.67 ± 5.665	[63.53, 69.80]	68.46 ± 9.70	[62.6, 74.32]	0.565
Course of disease	3.0(2.0-5.0)	[2.26, 8.47]	3.5(3.0-10.0)	[3.39, 8.46]	0.352