The Depths from Skin to the Major Organs at Chest Acupoints of Pediatric Patients
Table 5
Safe depth of 28 chest acupoints in different BMI groups.
Points
Underweight
Healthy weight
Overweight
Obesity
P value1
P value2
Mean ± S.D.
Mean ± S.D.
Mean ± S.D.
Mean ± S.D.
CV22
20.98 ± 7.51
21.89 ± 6.29
25.83 ± 7.26
25.88 ± 8.93
0.002
0.007
CV21
5.72 ± 4.97
5.53 ± 3.65
6.00 ± 2.86
8.93 ± 8.21
0.027
0.012
CV20
5.40 ± 3.07
5.65 ± 2.81
7.33 ± 3.91
9.46 ± 7.65
0.002
<0.001
CV19
5.34 ± 2.63
5.58 ± 2.36
6.39 ± 2.41
9.02 ± 6.81
0.001
<0.001
CV18
5.70 ± 2.32
6.11 ± 4.51
6.80 ± 4.06
9.52 ± 6.55
0.003
0.001
CV17
5.92 ± 2.69
6.46 ± 3.89
8.30 ± 6.06
10.24 ± 7.52
0.005
<0.001
CV16
8.09 ± 3.29
9.04 ± 3.99
9.32 ± 3.74
13.79 ± 8.70
<0.001
<0.001
KI27
25.48 ± 7.48
26.31 ± 7.48
31.33 ± 10.32
32.98 ± 15.00
0.007
0.002
KI26
16.59 ± 6.50
16.67 ± 5.86
20.07 ± 6.48
21.24 ± 11.00
0.017
0.003
KI25
15.57 ± 5.50
15.66 ± 5.51
17.83 ± 5.21
19.62 ± 9.35
0.022
0.007
KI24
13.79 ± 4.89
14.24 ± 4.65
15.87 ± 4.40
19.57 ± 8.90
<0.001
<0.001
KI23
12.88 ± 4.24
13.29 ± 4.72
14.24 ± 4.24
18.58 ± 9.03
<0.001
<0.001
KI22
12.96 ± 4.10
13.46 ± 4.74
14.45 ± 4.31
18.04 ± 9.57
0.004
<0.001
ST13
31.53 ± 11.14
32.41 ± 11.88
37.98 ± 13.91
39.61 ± 21.21
0.060
0.047
ST14
20.73 ± 8.47
21.10 ± 8.39
24.28 ± 8.32
28.03 ± 16.11
0.015
0.004
ST15
17.12 ± 7.33
18.32 ± 7.69
21.43 ± 7.25
24.12 ± 14.23
0.012
0.003
ST16
14.81 ± 7.10
15.36 ± 6.97
17.31 ± 5.68
21.52 ± 12.23
0.004
<0.001
ST17
12.69 ± 5.11
13.30 ± 5.27
14.84 ± 4.41
20.04 ± 11.31
<0.001
<0.001
ST18
13.01 ± 4.80
13.04 ± 4.76
14.25 ± 3.26
18.17 ± 10.06
0.002
<0.001
LU2
35.68 ± 13.72
36.56 ± 15.63
45.77 ± 19.37
45.00 ± 23.25
0.036
0.016
LU1
23.37 ± 8.77
24.53 ± 9.38
29.66 ± 9.15
33.19 ± 17.92
0.002
<0.001
SP20
18.30 ± 8.22
19.38 ± 8.36
21.41 ± 7.09
26.73 ± 15.71
0.005
0.001
SP19
15.96 ± 7.02
16.68 ± 7.31
17.65 ± 5.28
22.41 ± 13.00
0.011
0.003
SP18
13.62 ± 5.15
14.45 ± 5.38
15.86 ± 4.44
19.88 ± 11.66
0.003
<0.001
SP17
12.22 ± 2.98
13.55 ± 3.58
14.74 ± 3.86
17.54 ± 10.71
0.008
<0.001
PC1
14.22 ± 5.01
14.53 ± 5.33
14.71 ± 4.23
19.84 ± 10.88
0.004
<0.001
GB23
14.64 ± 4.44
16.37 ± 5.15
19.80 ± 6.06
21.46 ± 11.28
0.001
<0.001
GB22
16.94 ± 6.85
18.64 ± 7.24
22.26 ± 7.86
24.15 ± 11.59
0.002
<0.001
The unit of mean ± S.D. is mm. Statistical significance. Underweight group: patients’ BMI below the 5th percentile. Healthy weight group: patients’ BMI at or above the 5th percentile and below the 85th percentile. Overweight group: patients’ BMI at or above the 85th and below the 95th percentile. Obesity group: at or above the 95th percentile. 1One-way ANOVA test or Brown-Forsythe test. 2Two-way ANOVA test, adjusted P value after controlling sex.
