Laser Acupuncture Reduces Body Fat in Obese Female Undergraduate Students

Table 1

Body weight and body mass index data in the placebo group and the three laser groups before and after treatment.

Measurement	Group	Pretreatment	Posttreatment	Change over time
BW (kg)	Placebo	64.43±5.79	64.51±5.89	−0.09±0.72
	Low-dose laser	71.76±13.34	70.33±12.37^∗	1.43±1.37^∆
	Medium-dose laser	71.64±11.24	70.83±11.45^*	0.81±0.76
	High-dose laser	77.49±16.91	76.23±16.36^*	1.26±1.33^∆
BMI (kg/m^2)	Placebo	26.94±1.62	27.00±1.83	−0.06±0.28
	Low-dose laser	28.31±3.53	27.68±3.38^*	0.63±0.51^∆∆
	Medium-dose laser	27.93±3.54	27.61±3.67^*	0.31±0.31
	High-dose laser	29.44±5.13	28.91±4.92^*	0.53±0.57^∆

BW: body weight, BMI: body mass index. Asterisks indicate significant differences from pretreatment (^*𝑃<0.05). Triangles indicate significant differences from the placebo group (^∆𝑃<0.05, ^∆∆𝑃<0.01).