Clinical Study
A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Trial of Electroacupuncture for Perimenopause Women with Mild-Moderate Depression
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of participants.
| | Demographic variables | EA () | Control () |
| | Age, mean (SD), y | 49.83 (3.1) | 49.93 (3.1) | | BMI, mean (SD) | 21.27 (4.0) | 21.09 (4.0) | | Race (%) | | | | Han | 110 (94.0) | 107 (96.4) | | Minorities | 7 (6.0) | 4 (3.6) | | Marital status (%) | | | | Married | 116 (99.1) | 109 (98.2) | | Unmarried | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0) | | Widowed | 0 (0) | 2 (0.8) | | Occupational status (%) | | | | Employed | 55 (47.4) | 51 (48.6) | | Unemployed | 45 (38.8) | 40 (38.1) | | Pensioner | 16 (13.8) | 14 (13.3) | | Educational level (%) | | | | Primary education or less | 3 (2.6) | 12 (10.8) | | Secondary education | 60 (51.3) | 61 (54.9) | | Tertiary education | 54 (46.2) | 38 (34.2) | | Course, mean (SD), m | 20.6 (16.2) | 20.2 (16.5) | | Perimenopause stage (%) | | | | Early menopausal transition | 56 (47.9) | 45 (40.5) | | Late menopausal transition | 24 (20.5) | 28 (25.2) | | Early postmenopause | 37 (31.6) | 38 (34.2) | | HAMD, mean (SD) | 15.72 (4.02) | 16.19 (3.57) | | MENQOL, mean (SD) | 58.07 (31.76) | 58.58 (34.84) | | Sexual hormones | | | | FSH (pmol/L) | 42.45 (36.84) | 54.57 (98.53) | | LH (IU/L) | 22.45 (17.58) | 27.92 (46.48) | | E2 (IU/L) | 179.41 (244.58) | 140.26 (199.25) |
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BMI = body mass index.
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