Table 3.
Pulse position | Baseline (A0) | Preintervention (A1) | Postintervention (A2) | p value (A0 vs. A1) | p value (A1 vs. A2) | 95% CI (A0 vs. A1) | 95% CI (A1 vs. A2) | |
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Right Cun | Mean | 4.093E − 14 | 5.235E − 14 | 4.590E − 14 | 0.1696 | 0.4440 | 1.80E − 14, 1.40E − 13 | 1.09E − 13, 7.77E − 14 |
SD | 5.386E − 14 | 6.165E − 14 | 3.811E − 14 | |||||
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Right Guan | Mean | 4.972E − 14 | 4.758E − 14 | 5.333E − 14 | 0.7599 | 0.4149 | −1.01E − 13, 1.08E − 13 | −7.85E − 14, 1.02E − 13 |
SD | 4.444E − 14 | 3.004E − 14 | 4.710E − 14 | |||||
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Right Chi | Mean | 5.077E − 14 | 5.086E − 14 | 3.779E − 14 | 0.9794 | 0.0528 | −2.90E − 14, 8.21E − 14 | −1.47E − 13, 1.85E − 14 |
SD | 5.560E − 14 | 4.643E − 14 | 2.773E − 14 | |||||
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Left Cun | Mean | 3.588E − 14 | 3.219E − 14 | 3.095E − 14 | 0.3809 | 0.7530 | −7.20E − 14, 4.80E − 14 | −4.97E − 14, 4.87E − 14 |
SD | 3.086E − 14 | 2.271E − 14 | 2.047E − 14 | |||||
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Left Guan | Mean | 4.543E − 14 | 5.394E − 14 | 4.880E − 14 | 0.3432 | 0.5224 | −6.08E − 14, 6.99E − 14 | −3.47E − 14, 7.22E − 14 |
SD | 4.923E − 14 | 8.254E − 14 | 4.957E − 14 | |||||
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Left Chi | Mean | 4.129E − 14 | 4.696E − 14 | 4.279E − 14 | 0.4741 | 0.5439 | −4.90E − 14, 8.82E − 14 | −4.80E − 14, 7.99E − 14 |
SD | 3.991E − 14 | 6.041E − 14 | 4.235E − 14 |
∗ p < 0.05. A0 = assessed 30 min before acupuncture; A1 = assessed 10 min before acupuncture; A2 = assessed 10 min after acupuncture; SD = standard deviation. 95% CI is presented as a range from the lower limit to the upper limit.