Delayed Effect of Acupuncture Treatment in OA of the Knee: A Blinded, Randomized, Controlled Trial

Table 1

Baseline comparison of the randomized groups by treatment type and completers versus dropouts (n = 55).

Baseline data	Total randomized groups		Completers versus dropouts
	Intervention group (n = 28)	Control group (n = 27)	Completers (n = 41)	Drop outs (n = 14)
Mean age, year (SD)	70.3 ± 10.2	72.2 ± 7.2	71.7 ± 8.6	69.5 ± 9.8
Females, n (%)	21 (75)	17 (63)	26	12
Males, n (%)	7 (25)	10 (37)	15	2
KSS knee score	52.3 ± 18.5	50.5 ± 19.2	50.9 ± 17.8	53.2 ± 21.9
KSS pain score	16.3 ± 12.1	17.3 ± 10.0	16.9 ± 11.3	16.1 ± 10.4
KSS function score	61.1 ± 20.2	48.7 ± 19.9	58.0 ± 19.4	44.2 ± 26.1