Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine / 2014 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
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 m2 ) 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)