Governor Vessel Moxibustion Therapy Improves Microbiota Structure in Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients

Table 1

The clinical indicators for basic demographic characteristics.

Characteristic	Before	After	Health
Age (years)
Male/female	8/1	8/1	3/6
Duration (years)			NA
Disease activity parameter, mean (SD)
BASDAI (cm)	6.40 (0.25)	4.02 (0.64)	NA
BASFI (cm)	6.21 (0.27)	4.03 (0.30)	NA
Schober test (cm)	2.12 (0.27)	3.36 (0.33)	NA
VAS	6.03 (0.26)	4.00 (0.32)	NA
Morning stiffness (min)	41.00 (9.71)	17.33 (4.80)	NA
Finger-to-ground distance (cm)	30.67 (1.87)	19.33 (2.00)	NA
Thorax active level (cm)	1.49 (0.16)	3.07 (0.17)	NA
Occipital-wall distance (cm)	4.48 (0.53)	2.58 (0.45)	NA

Before = patients before GVM treatment; after = patients after GVM treatment; health = healthy individuals; NA = not applicable; SD = standard deviation; BASDAI = bath ankylosing spondylitis disease activity index; BASFI = bath ankylosing spondylitis function index; VAS = visual pain analog scale; , “after” compared with “before”.