Table 2.

Comparison of baseline data between acupuncture treatment group and sham acupuncture control group.

Category	Acupuncture treatment group (n = 30)	Sham acupuncture group (n = 30)	P value
Age (yr)	64.90 ± 5.37	65.23 ± 5.33	.810
Sex, n, female	26 (83.9%)	25 (83.3%)	1.000
Years of education (yr)	9.90 ± 2.70	10.05 ± 3.55	.856
SCDQ	6.76 ± 1.25	6.90 ± 1.23	.656
MoCA	21.29 ± 3.13	21.10 ± 3.06	.811
MMSE	27.45 ± 1.89	27.63 ± 1.88	.709
AVLT-S	5.68 ± 2.07	5.53 ± 2.46	.808
AVLT-L	5.32 ± 1.89	4.87 ± 2.60	.435
AFT	18.10 ± 3.82	17.67 ± 5.09	.709
BNT	24.23 ± 2.64	24.23 ± 2.94	.992
TMT-A	66.68 ± 17.18	68.37 ± 20.19	.726
TMT-B	183.10 ± 62.12	190.57 ± 54.49	.620
SCWT-C	79.81 ± 19.75	83.93 ± 23.93	.465
DSST	30.19 ± 7.29	29.50 ± 7.90	.723
DST	12.16 ± 2.05	11.83 ± 1.66	.496
CDT	21.29 ± 6.59	23.02 ± 4.97	.254
GDS	1.61 ± 1.12	1.70 ± 1.37	.786
PSQI	5.81 ± 5.09	6.53 ± 4.59	.561

AFT = animal fluency test, AVLT = auditory verbal learning test, DSST = digit symbol substitution test, GDS = Geriatric Depression Scale, PSQI = Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, SBSDS = Santa Barbara Sense of Direction Scale, SCDQ = Subjective Cognitive Decline Questionnaire, SCWT = Stroop color word test, TMT = trail making test.