Effectiveness of Acupressure on the Taichong Acupoint in Lowering Blood Pressure in Patients with Hypertension: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Table 1

Distribution and analysis of demographic characteristics and factors affecting blood pressure in both groups.

Variables	Experimental group	Control group		value
	()	()
	(%)/mean ± SD	(%)/mean ± SD
Gender			<0.001	1
Male	20 (50.0)	20 (50.0)
Female	20 (50.0)	20 (50.0)
Smoking status			0.392	0.531
Yes	7 (17.5)	5 (12.5)
No	33 (82.5)	35 (87.5)
Regular medication use			0.549	0.459
Yes	27 (67.5)	30 (75.0)
No	13 (23.5)	10 (25.0)
Medication taken within 8 h			21.2	1
Yes	18 (45.0)	18 (45.0)
No	22 (55.0)	22 (55.0)
Age (years)	59.25 ± 9.19	62.70 ± 8.40	−1.752	0.084
Years on medication	4.30 ± 5.17	6.28 ± 7.36	−1.389	0.169
History of hypertension (years)	7.08 ± 5.69	7.88 ± 6.97	−0.563	0.575
Systolic BP in clinic	160.85 ± 9.76	157.80 ± 9.26	1.434	0.156
Diastolic BP in clinic	96.83 ± 12.43	95.18 ± 9.60	0.665	0.508
Preacupressure systolic BP	164.98 ± 16.72	154.80 ± 14.99	2.865	0.005
Preacupressure diastolic BP	96.33 ± 16.87	94.25 ± 12.42	0.627	0.533

. BP was measured in the right upper arm. BP, blood pressure; SD, standard deviation.