Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Article

Efficacy and Cost Effectiveness of the Acupuncture Treatment Using a New Skin Stimulus Tool Called M-Test Which Is a Measure Based on Symptoms Accompanied with Body Movements: A Pragmatic RCT Targeting Hemodialysis Patients

Table 2

Blood test results were compared by each criterion.
Blood testGroup Treatment phase 0Treatment phase 4Treatment phase 8Follow-up phase 4Follow-up phase 12
Leukocyte (102/μL)Acupuncture group 366.7 ± 40.7357.7 ± 40.5352.6 ± 37.3365.6 ± 51.4365.2 ± 53.8
Traditional treatment group 371.1 ± 65.2364.5 ± 78.2340.6 ± 55.7362.7 ± 58.2364.2 ± 48.7
Leukocyte (102/μL)Acupuncture group 51.8 ± 14.951.7 ± 18.651.8 ± 18.454.3 ± 19.454.6 ± 19.5
Traditional treatment group 63.6 ± 22.562.8 ± 22.560.1 ± 23.463.6 ± 23.866.4 ± 29.7
Hematocrit value (%)Acupuncture group 35.2 ± 3.034.8 ± 3.735.0 ± 3.235.4 ± 4.235.3 ± 4.4
Traditional treatment group 36.5 ± 4.536.7 ± 6.034.3 ± 4.335.9 ± 4.036.3 ± 2.9
Hemoglobin (g/dL)Acupuncture group 11.7 ± 1.111.6 ± 1.211.7 ± 1.011.9 ± 1.411.7 ± 1.5
Traditional treatment group 12.1 ± 1.412.2 ± 1.911.6 ± 1.412.1 ± 1.312.2 ± 1.0
Urea nitrogen (mg/dL)Acupuncture group 22.7 ± 5.922.6 ± 7.319.1 ± 5.018.7 ± 5.420.0 ± 5.7
Traditional treatment group 214.4 ± 8.221.7 ± 6.020.6 ± 6.522.1 ± 8.222.4 ± 8.1
Creatinine (mg/dL)Acupuncture group 4.1 ± 1.14.2 ± 1.14.0 ± 0.94.0 ± 1.04.8 ± 3.3
Traditional treatment group 4.5 ± 1.04.4 ± 1.14.2 ± 1.04.7 ± 2.24.8 ± 2.2
Calcium (mg/dL)Acupuncture group 9.5 ± 0.69.7 ± 0.59.5 ± 0.49.4 ± 0.59.4 ± 0.6
Traditional treatment group 9.7 ± 0.69.8 ± 0.89.8 ± 0.79.8 ± 0.59.6 ± 0.5
Inorganic phosphorus (mg/dL)Acupuncture group 2.4 ± 0.52.5 ± 0.62.3 ± 0.52.3 ± 0.42.2 ± 0.4
Traditional treatment group 2.6 ± 0.62.4 ± 0.52.3 ± 0.62.5 ± 0.92.4 ± 0.7
Total protein (g/dL)Acupuncture group 6.1 ± 0.68.5 ± 11.46.1 ± 0.55.9 ± 0.5 6.0 ± 0.5
Traditional treatment group 6.5 ± 0.46.6 ± 0.36.5 ± 0.26.3 ± 0.36.6 ± 0.4
Albumen (μmol/L)Acupuncture group 3.6 ± 0.23.6 ± 0.23.5 ± 0.23.6 ± 0.23.5 ± 0.3
Traditional treatment group 3.7 ± 0.23.7 ± 0.23.6 ± 0.13.6 ± 0.13.7 ± 0.2
No significant difference between the two groups.