Research Article

Monitoring the Effects of Acupoint Antioxidant Intervention by Measuring Electrical Potential Difference along the Meridian

Table 2

The interclass variance and between-cluster variance of the EPD of acupoints along the ST meridian.

AcupointsInterclass varianceBetween-cluster variance

ST36-ST37 (L)2.076.48***
ST36-ST37 (R)1.317.19**
ST36–ST39 (L)1.028.31****
ST36–ST39 (R)1.387.22**
ST36–ST42 (L)2.545.68****
ST36–ST42 (R)1.266.28**
ST36–ST44 (L)1.337.10****
ST36–ST44 (R)1.794.31**
ST37–ST39 (L)1.917.79****
ST37–ST39 (R)1.467.71**
ST37–ST42 (L)1.928.18****
ST37–ST42 (R)3.906.16**
ST37–ST44 (L)1.296.27****
ST37–ST44 (R)1.146.18**
ST39–ST42 (L)2.307.20***
ST39–ST42 (R)1.297.46**
ST39ST44  (L)1.011.08**
ST39–ST44 (R)2.155.41**
ST42–ST44 (L)3.186.21****
ST42–ST44 (R)2.485.20**

(paired -test): comparing the EPD of the same points of different subjects.
(two-sample -test): comparing the left EPD and right EPD of the same detection points.
**( < 0.01): regarded as very significant.
*( < 0.05): regarded as significant.