Use of Auricular Acupressure to Improve the Quality of Life in Diabetic Patients with Chronic Kidney Diseases: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the included participants.

Parameters	Auricular arm ()	Control arm ()
Age (Year)	77.8 ± 8.5	75.7 ± 9.8
Men (%)	65.7	57.1
SBP (mmHg)	158.5 ± 15.9	159.8 ± 18.7
DBP (mmHg)	79.5 ± 11.5	75.5 ± 14.2
Weight (Kg)	62.5 ± 10.6	63.1 ± 6.7
Glycosylated hemoglobin (%)	8.7 ± 1.6	9.0 ± 1.3
Blood urea nitrogen (mmol/L)	27.8 ± 7.0	29.6 ± 7.3
Blood creatinine (umol/L)	665.3 ± 284.8	620.9 ± 265.6
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	9.9 ± 1.7	9.4 ± 1.6
Albumin (g/L)	2.8 ± 0.5	2.9 ± 0.5
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m^2)	10.2 ± 5.8	9.5 ± 6.2
Serum triglyceride (mmol/L)	2.0 ± 0.7	2.1 ± 0.5
Serum cholesterol (mmol/L)	5.2 ± 1.3	5.4 ± 1.6
LVDd (mm)	54.3 ± 8.1	52.5 ± 6.6
LVDs (mm)	36.2 ± 6.2	37.6 ± 5.7
LVEF (%)	51 ± 8	50 ± 10
NYHA
III (, %)	17 (68)	20 (80)
IV (, %)	8 (32)	5 (20)