Table 4.

Comparison of verbal communication problems before the 1st and after the 30th acupuncture treatment in natal and regressive autism of different age

Age (year)	Natal						Regressive
	Pre-treatment			Post-treatment			Pre-treatment			Post-treatment
	n	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	p-value	n	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	p-value
All	47	2.87	0.99	1.87	0.80	0.000	21	3.48	0.93	2.29	1.06	0.000
2	8	3.25	1.16	2.25	0.89	0.001	4	4.00	0.00	2.75	0.50	0.015
3	14	2.93	0.83	1.57	0.76	0.000	8	3.63	0.74	2.25	1.04	0.008
4	17	2.82	1.01	1.88	0.78	0.000	5	3.00	1.00	2.20	0.84	0.016
5	8	2.50	1.07	2.00	0.76	0.033	4	3.25	1.50	2.00	1.83	0.141