Table 2.

Comparison of baseline data.

Group	Age (year)	Gender		The course of the disease (month)			Height (cm)	Body weight (kg)	Accepted or not treated with acupuncture (case)		Combined or not combined with the disease (case)
		Men	Women	Max	min	mean($\overline{x}$±s)			Yes	No	Yes	No
A	47.88 ± 13.20	22	11	190	12	58.76 ± 38.96	163.36 ± 8.22	56.81 ± 7.54	9	24	9	24
B	49.94 ± 12.05	24	9	207	2	68.64 ± 51.92	160.55 ± 6.32	57.16 ± 8.00	11	22	11	22
C	43.18 ± 15.03	23	10	159	8	49.82 ± 29.75	160.76 ± 7.75	56.05 ± 7.47	6	27	6	27
P value	0.1188	0.87	0.1845	0.2384	0.8335	0.37	0.37

Data are presented as mean ± SD (n = 33).