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. 2015 Sep 20;2015:126028. doi: 10.1155/2015/126028

Table 4.

Safe depth of 28 chest acupoints in different weight groups.

Points <3rd 3rd–85th 85th–97th ≥97th P value1 P value2
(n = 32) (n = 215) (n = 42) (n = 29)
Mean ± S.D. Mean ± S.D. Mean ± S.D. Mean ± S.D.
CV22 19.90 ± 4.73 22.06 ± 6.65 25.61 ± 7.49 24.82 ± 9.72 0.004∗ 0.009∗
CV21 6.05 ± 6.26 5.42 ± 3.43 6.51 ± 3.44 9.32 ± 8.71 0.023∗ 0.007∗
CV20 5.27 ± 3.47 5.68 ± 2.85 7.60 ± 5.33 9.85 ± 7.10 0.001∗ <0.001∗
CV19 5.26 ± 2.38 5.68 ± 2.55 6.44 ± 3.03 9.58 ± 7.30 0.001∗ <0.001∗
CV18 5.26 ± 2.26 6.14 ± 4.37 7.27 ± 3.92 9.64 ± 6.76 0.001∗ <0.001∗
CV17 5.53 ± 1.95 6.50 ± 3.86 8.10 ± 5.66 11.66 ± 8.39 <0.001∗ <0.001∗
CV16 7.60 ± 2.64 8.86 ± 4.02 11.13 ± 5.25 14.46 ± 9.31 <0.001∗ <0.001∗
KI27 24.26 ± 8.44 26.06 ± 7.65 32.02 ± 11.23 35.71 ± 16.43 <0.001∗ <0.001∗
KI26 15.38 ± 5.25 16.82 ± 6.44 19.86 ± 7.59 22.40 ± 11.39 0.001∗ <0.001∗
KI25 14.41 ± 3.42 15.87 ± 5.87 17.80 ± 6.65 20.09 ± 9.07 0.004∗ <0.001∗
KI24 13.40 ± 3.68 14.32 ± 4.90 17.09 ± 5.78 18.77 ± 9.09 0.001∗ <0.001∗
KI23 12.14 ± 4.10 13.48 ± 4.72 15.77 ± 5.47 18.18 ± 9.56 0.001∗ <0.001∗
KI22 12.06 ± 3.95 13.27 ± 4.90 15.56 ± 4.92 18.57 ± 9.36 <0.001∗ <0.001∗
ST13 30.03 ± 11.88 31.91 ± 12.10 36.90 ± 15.07 46.46 ± 22.73 <0.001∗ <0.001∗
ST14 18.53 ± 7.24 21.18 ± 8.96 25.46 ± 9.48 29.53 ± 15.82 <0.001∗ <0.001∗
ST15 14.66 ± 4.86 18.69 ± 8.43 21.36 ± 9.12 24.92 ± 13.61 0.001∗ <0.001∗
ST16 13.47 ± 5.26 15.67 ± 7.37 18.75 ± 8.53 21.10 ± 11.59 0.002∗ <0.001∗
ST17 12.09 ± 4.00 13.62 ± 5.38 15.51 ± 6.22 20.04 ± 11.70 <0.001∗ <0.001∗
ST18 12.32 ± 4.00 13.25 ± 4.87 15.15 ± 5.23 18.91 ± 10.94 0.001∗ <0.001∗
LU2 33.85 ± 15.00 36.76 ± 15.37 44.73 ± 18.54 48.32 ± 26.65 0.004∗ 0.001∗
LU1 21.08 ± 6.39 24.65 ± 9.67 30.27 ± 11.52 35.40 ± 18.76 <0.001∗ <0.001∗
SP20 16.74 ± 5.89 19.60 ± 8.69 22.71 ± 10.46 27.40 ± 15.54 0.001∗ <0.001∗
SP19 14.81 ± 4.84 16.79 ± 7.73 18.99 ± 6.93 22.92 ± 13.58 0.003∗ <0.001∗
SP18 13.63 ± 4.74 14.08 ± 5.75 17.77 ± 5.40 19.77 ± 11.09 <0.001∗ <0.001∗
SP17 11.91 ± 2.24 13.43 ± 3.80 14.67 ± 3.60 19.05 ± 11.04 0.001∗ <0.001∗
PC1 14.00 ± 4.48 14.51 ± 5.50 16.15 ± 5.05 19.58 ± 11.10 0.006∗ <0.001∗
GB23 15.00 ± 4.08 15.90 ± 5.32 19.74 ± 6.51 21.71 ± 10.85 <0.001∗ <0.001∗
GB22 17.62 ± 6.86 18.23 ± 7.77 22.21 ± 7.62 24.63 ± 11.32 <0.001∗ <0.001∗

The unit of mean ± S.D. is mm.

∗Statistical significance.

1One-way ANOVA test or Brown-Forsythe test.

2Two-way ANOVA test, adjusted P value after controlling sex.