Laser Acupuncture Reduces Body Fat in Obese Female Undergraduate Students

Table 2

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

Measurement	Group	Pretreatment	Posttreatment	Change over time
BFM (kg)	Placebo	24.00±3.84	23.97±3.58	0.03±0.66
	Low-dose laser	27.06±7.60	25.90±6.87^*	1.16±1.11^∆
	Medium-dose laser	26.57±7.36	25.88±7.50	0.69±0.97
	High-dose laser	29.47±10.53	28.31±9.92^*	1.16±1.02^∆
BF%	Placebo	37.07±2.89	37.07±2.62	0.00±0.80
	Low-dose laser	37.34±4.33	36.48±4.19	0.86±0.94
	Medium-dose laser	36.64±5.47	36.04±5.54	0.60±1.04
	High-dose laser	37.14±5.13	36.44±5.06	0.70±0.73

BFM: body fat mass, BF%: body fat percent. Asterisks indicate significant differences from pretreatment (^*𝑃<0.05). Triangles indicate significant differences from the placebo group (^∆𝑃<0.05).