Association of Auricular Reflective Points and Status of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Matched Case-Control Study

Table 2

Auricular signals between cases and controls.

	DM +ve; ()	DM −ve; ()	Test statistics; (McNemar test)
Discoloration around “P&G” region (Rt)
Yes	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	N/A
No	140 (99.3%)	141 (100.0%)
Discoloration around “P&G” region (Lt)
Yes	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	N/A
No	140 (99.3%)	141 (100.0%)
Marks appearing around “P&G” region after pressing (Rt)
Yes	6 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	N/A
No	135 (95.7%)	141 (100.0%)
Marks appearing around “P&G” region after pressing (Lt)
Yes	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	N/A
No	139 (98.6%)	141 (100.0%)
Tenderness (P&G) (Rt)
Positive	103 (73.0%)	42 (29.8%)
Negative	38 (27.0%)	99 (70.2%)
Tenderness (P&G) (Lt)
Positive	78 (55.3%)	45 (31.9%)
Negative	63 (44.7%)	96 (68.1%)
Conductivity (P&G) (Rt)
Positive	93 (66.0%)	37 (26.2%)
Negative	48 (34.0%)	104 (73.8%)
Conductivity (P&G) (Lt)
Positive	86 (61.0%)	35 (24.8%)
Negative	55 (39.0%)	106 (75.2%)
Conductivity (endocrine) (Rt)
Positive	88 (62.4%)	50 (35.5%)
Negative	53 (37.6%)	91 (64.5%)
Conductivity (endocrine) (Lt)
Positive	73 (51.8%)	37 (26.2%)
Negative	68 (48.2%)	104 (73.8%)
Conductivity (kidney) (Rt)
Positive	83 (58.9%)	41 (29.1%)
Negative	58 (41.1%)	100 (70.9%)
Conductivity (kidney) (Lt)
Positive	67 (47.5%)	41 (29.1%)
Negative	74 (52.5%)	100 (70.9%)
Conductivity (lower tragus) (Rt)
Positive	61 (43.3%)	41 (29.1%)
Negative	80 (56.7%)	100 (70.9%)
Conductivity (lower tragus) (Lt)
Positive	54 (38.3%)	37 (26.2%)
Negative	87 (61.7%)	104 (73.8%)
Conductivity (heart) (Rt)
Positive	80 (56.7%)	44 (31.2%)
Negative	61 (43.3%)	97 (68.8%)
Conductivity (heart) (Lt)
Positive	74 (52.5%)	36 (25.5%)
Negative	67 (47.5%)	105 (74.5%)
Conductivity (eyes) (Rt)
Positive	78 (55.3%)	54 (38.3%)
Negative	63 (44.7%)	87 (61.7%)
Conductivity (eyes) (Lt)
Positive	64 (45.4%)	43 (30.5%)
Negative	77 (54.6%)	98 (69.5%)

Statistically significant.