Acupuncture Point Laterality: Investigation of Acute Effects of Quchi (LI11) in Patients with Hypertension Using Heart Rate Variability

Table 1

Demographic data of the two study groups. Data are given as mean ± SD.

	Group A	Group B	A + B
Number of patients	30	30	60
Age (years)	55.7±10.2	55.9±9.4	55.8±9.7
Sex	23 f, 7 m	13 f, 17 m	36 f, 24 m
BPsys (mmHg)	152.3±13.9	143.2±11.1	147.8±12.6
BPdia (mmHg)	94.8±6.8	88.6±8.3	91.7±7.7