. 2023 Feb 15;43(1):146–153. doi: 10.19852/j.cnki.jtcm.2023.01.013

Table 4.

Comparisons of the number of attacks before and after treatment in each group of patients with asthma (n, $\bar{x}\pm s$)

Group	n	Before treatment	1 year after treatment
Treatment group 1	147	4.3±2.9	2.1±2.1^abc
Treatment group 2	150	4.4±3.1	2.6±2.3^a
Treatment group 3	146	4.7±3.4	3.4±2.7^a

Notes: treatment group 1: 12 acupoints × 2 h; treatment group 2: 12 acupoints × 4 h; treatment group 3: 6 acupoints × 2 h. Compared to before treatment,^aP < 0.05; after treatment, compared to treatment group 3, ^bP < 0.05; after treatment, compared with treatment group 2, ^cP < 0.05.