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. 2019 Jun 30;7(12):1968–1973. doi: 10.3889/oamjms.2019.477

Table 6.

Laboratory assays in both studied group

	Group1 Mean ± SD		Group2 Mean ± SD		Difference	95% CI	P-value

	Before laser acupuncture	After laser acupuncture	Before treatment	After treatment
ESR (mm/h)	12.8 ± 8.2	7.0 ± 6.7	7.2 ± 4.4	5.0 ± 2.6	-5.6^*	-9.0 to -2.2^*	0.002^*
ESR (mm/h)					-1.9^**	-4.5 to 0.7^**	0.145^**
IgE (IU/ml)	135.2 ± 209.9	93.9 ± 157.2	83.1 ± 93.6	72.8 ± 85.2	-52.1^*	-136.1 to 31.9^*	0.219^*
IgE (IU/ml)					-21.1^**	-86.5 to 44.3^**	0.521^**
Eosinophil count (%)	4.5 ± 2.4	2.5 ± 1.5	3.7 ± 2.3	3.1 ± 2.2	-0.7^*	-1.9 to 0.5^*	0.229^*
Eosinophil count (%)					0.6	-0.3 to 1.6^**	0.196^**
hsCRP (ng/ml	598.4 ± 349	292.5 ± 231.4	609.8 ± 263.9	580.1 ± 262.1	11.4	-148.6 to 171.4^*	0.887^*
hsCRP (ng/ml					287.7	159.9 to 415.4^**	< 0.0001^**

^*

Before sessions or treatment;

^**

After sessions or treatment.