Table 3. Demographic and clinical characteristics of CD patients in each group.

	Electro-acupuncture group (n = 18)	Moxibustion group (n = 18)	Statistical value	P value
Age (years), mean + SD	31.61 ± 5.00	27.50 ± 8.08	t = 1.836	0.08
Gender (male/female), n	13/5	11/7	X2 = 0.500	0.48
Concomitant medication (yes/no), n	16/2	17/1	X2 = 0.364	0.55
Height (cm), mean + SD	170.67 ± 7.99	170.56 ± 6.75	t = 0.045	0.97
Weight (kg), mean + SD	58.08 ± 8.98	56.39 ± 9.65	t = 0.545	0.59
Disease duration (years), mean + SD	6.00 ± 4.58	5.14 ± 3.29	t = 0.648	0.52
CDAI	76.17 ± 40.11	71.78 ± 42.93	t = 0.317	0.75
IBDQ	170.83 ± 22.72	174.78 ± 33.10	t = −0.417	0.68