Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine / 2015 / Article / Tab 2 / 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 test Group Treatment phase 0 Treatment phase 4 Treatment phase 8 Follow-up phase 4 Follow-up phase 12 Leukocyte (102 /μ L) Acupuncture group 366.7 ± 40.7 357.7 ± 40.5 352.6 ± 37.3 365.6 ± 51.4 365.2 ± 53.8 Traditional treatment group 371.1 ± 65.2 364.5 ± 78.2 340.6 ± 55.7 362.7 ± 58.2 364.2 ± 48.7 Leukocyte (102 /μ L) Acupuncture group 51.8 ± 14.9 51.7 ± 18.6 51.8 ± 18.4 54.3 ± 19.4 54.6 ± 19.5 Traditional treatment group 63.6 ± 22.5 62.8 ± 22.5 60.1 ± 23.4 63.6 ± 23.8 66.4 ± 29.7 Hematocrit value (%) Acupuncture group 35.2 ± 3.0 34.8 ± 3.7 35.0 ± 3.2 35.4 ± 4.2 35.3 ± 4.4 Traditional treatment group 36.5 ± 4.5 36.7 ± 6.0 34.3 ± 4.3 35.9 ± 4.0 36.3 ± 2.9 Hemoglobin (g/dL) Acupuncture group 11.7 ± 1.1 11.6 ± 1.2 11.7 ± 1.0 11.9 ± 1.4 11.7 ± 1.5 Traditional treatment group 12.1 ± 1.4 12.2 ± 1.9 11.6 ± 1.4 12.1 ± 1.3 12.2 ± 1.0 Urea nitrogen (mg/dL) Acupuncture group 22.7 ± 5.9 22.6 ± 7.3 19.1 ± 5.0 18.7 ± 5.4 20.0 ± 5.7 Traditional treatment group 214.4 ± 8.2 21.7 ± 6.0 20.6 ± 6.5 22.1 ± 8.2 22.4 ± 8.1 Creatinine (mg/dL) Acupuncture group 4.1 ± 1.1 4.2 ± 1.1 4.0 ± 0.9 4.0 ± 1.0 4.8 ± 3.3 Traditional treatment group 4.5 ± 1.0 4.4 ± 1.1 4.2 ± 1.0 4.7 ± 2.2 4.8 ± 2.2 Calcium (mg/dL) Acupuncture group 9.5 ± 0.6 9.7 ± 0.5 9.5 ± 0.4 9.4 ± 0.5 9.4 ± 0.6 Traditional treatment group 9.7 ± 0.6 9.8 ± 0.8 9.8 ± 0.7 9.8 ± 0.5 9.6 ± 0.5 Inorganic phosphorus (mg/dL) Acupuncture group 2.4 ± 0.5 2.5 ± 0.6 2.3 ± 0.5 2.3 ± 0.4 2.2 ± 0.4 Traditional treatment group 2.6 ± 0.6 2.4 ± 0.5 2.3 ± 0.6 2.5 ± 0.9 2.4 ± 0.7 Total protein (g/dL) Acupuncture group 6.1 ± 0.6 8.5 ± 11.4 6.1 ± 0.5 5.9 ± 0.5 6.0 ± 0.5 Traditional treatment group 6.5 ± 0.4 6.6 ± 0.3 6.5 ± 0.2 6.3 ± 0.3 6.6 ± 0.4 Albumen (μ mol/L) Acupuncture group 3.6 ± 0.2 3.6 ± 0.2 3.5 ± 0.2 3.6 ± 0.2 3.5 ± 0.3 Traditional treatment group 3.7 ± 0.2 3.7 ± 0.2 3.6 ± 0.1 3.6 ± 0.1 3.7 ± 0.2
No significant difference between the two groups.