Table 2.

Clinical outcome measurements.

Items	Electro-acupuncture group (n = 18)	Moxibustion group (n = 20)
CDAI
Baseline, mean ± SD	78.28 ± 40.95	71.85 ± 40.84
Post-treatment, mean ± SD	51.53 ± 31.80	40.90 ± 27.78
T value	6.876	6.584
P value	0.000	0.000
Changes from baseline to post-treatment	−26.74 ± 29.23	−30.95 ± 24.83
T value	−0.479
P value	0.634
IBDQ
Baseline, mean ± SD	171.72 ± 20.17	176.10 ± 32.23
Post-treatment, mean ± SD	187.18 ± 18.69	192.05 ± 21.45
T value	42.486	40.048
P value	0.000	0.000
Changes from baseline to post-treatment	15.44 ± 18.02	15.95 ± 17.28
T value	0.088
P value	0.930

CDAI, Crohn’s disease activity index; IBDQ, inflammatory bowel disease questionnaire; SD, standard deviation, compared with baseline.