Table 2.

Baseline 14-day nasal symptom scores in the two groups (median (25^th percentile, 75^th percentile))

	Real acupuncture group	Sham acupuncture group	P value
	(N = 30)	(N = 31)
Nasal obstruction	2.00 (2.00, 3.00)	3.00 (2.00, 3.00)	0.521
Rhinorrhea	2.00 (2.00, 3.00)	2.00 (2.00, 3.00)	0.759
Sneezing	3.00 (2.00, 3.00)	3.00 (2.00, 3.00)	0.398
Nasal itch	2.00 (1.00, 2.00)	1.00 (1.00, 2.00)	0.301
TNSS	9.00 (7.75, 10.00)	9.00 (7.00, 10.00)	0.618

The Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare the real acupuncture group with the sham acupuncture group

TNSS total nasal symptom score

P > 0.05 indicates no statistically significant differences