Table 2.

Changes of jowl to subnasale vertical distance.

N = 14	Before TEA	1 wk after TEA	Mean difference	p
Left (mm)	147.84 ± 12.05	145.97 ± 11.98	1.87 ± 7.44	0.364
Right (mm)	151.56 ± 11.25	150.13 ± 8.92	1.43 ± 7.48	0.487

Data are means ± SD, using paired-sample T test.

SD, standard deviation; TEA, thread embedding acupuncture.