TABLE 3.

Baseline characteristics of the patients.

Characteristics	TA (n = 24)	SA (n = 20)	p-value
Age (years)	33.04 ± 6.43	35.30 ± 9.43	0.173
Height (cm)	158.68 ± 5.02	159.14 ± 3.99	0.735
Weight (kg)	53.00 ± 6.27	52.90 ± 5.59	0.957
SAS	49.95 ± 10.82	49.96 ± 10.72	0.998
SDS	51.19 ± 12.32	50.36 ± 12.92	0.826
Attack frequency (times)	3.29 ± 1.59	3.76 ± 2.35	0.436
VAS score	6.40 ± 1.55	5.60 ± 1.57	0.095
Intensity of the migraine	2.00 ± 0.54	2.04 ± 0.67	0.829

Values are expressed as (Mean ± SD).SA, sham acupuncture; SAS, Zung self-rating anxiety scale; SDS, Zung self-rating depression scale; TA, true acupuncture; VAS, visual analog scale.

*The p value was obtained by two-sample t test.