[Retracted] Electroacupuncture at Zusanli (ST36), Guanyuan (CV4), and Qihai (CV6) Acupoints Regulates Immune Function in Patients with Sepsis via the PD-1 Pathway

Table 5

APACHE-II and SOFA scores.

			WM group	EA group
APACHE-II	30	T0				0.363
		T1				0.096
		T2	^▲▲	^▲▲		0.044
SOFA	30	T0	7.50 (5.75, 10.00)	7.50 (5.00, 11.00)		0.994
		T1	6.00 (3.00, 8.25)	6.50 (4.75, 9.25)^▲		0.794
		T2	6.00 (3.00, 9.00)	5.00 (3.00, 7.25)^▲▲		0.107

APACHE-II: score of acute physiology and chronic health evaluation-II; SOFA: score of sequential organ failure assessment; T0: before treatment; T1 and T2: three and five days after treatment. Data were presented as or median (IQR). Compared with the WM group, ; ^▲compared with that before treatment, and ^▲▲.