Clinical Effect of Acupuncture on Endemic Skeletal Fluorosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 1

(a) Water fluoride in residential area between two groups. (b) Time of residence between two groups. (c) Labor intensity between two groups.

(a)

Group	Cases	Water fluoride (𝑋±SD)	𝑍	𝑃
Treatment group	68	4.48±1.44	−1.002	−0.316
Control group	31	4.88±1.73

(b)

Group	Cases	Time of residence (𝑋±SD)	𝑍	𝑃
Treatment group	68	44.21±16.72	−0.151	0.88
Control group	31	44.65±17.44

(c)

Group	Cases	Labor intensity (𝑋±SD)	𝑍	𝑃
Treatment group	68	1.75±0.72	−1.22	0.219
Control group	31	1.58±0.77