Effectiveness of Acupressure on the Taichong Acupoint in Lowering Blood Pressure in Patients with Hypertension: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Table 4
Linear mixed-effect model analysis of factors affecting diastolic blood pressure change.
Variables
Estimation (β)
SE
value
95% CI
Lower limit
Upper limit
-intercept
124.43
10.60
11.74
<0.001
103.32
145.55
Group
Experimental/control group (control group = 0)
0.27
2.83
0.10
0.923
−5.35
5.90
Gender
Male/female (female = 0)
8.64
2.73
3.17
0.002
3.21
14.07
Medication taken within last 8 h
Yes/no (no = 0)
−3.91
2.86
−1.36
0.177
−9.61
1.80
Age
−0.52
0.17
−3.14
0.002
−0.85
−0.19
30 min after /before (before )
−0.20
1.02
−0.20
0.845
−2.21
1.81
15 min after /before (before )
−1.08
0.84
−1.28
0.203
−2.73
0.58
Immediately after /before (before )
−0.93
0.60
−1.54
0.126
−2.11
0.26
Group time 3 (30 min after /before )
−7.53
1.44
−5.22
<0.001
−10.37
−4.69
Group time 2 (15 min after /before )
−4.48
1.19
−3.76
<0.001
−6.82
−2.13
Group time 1 (immediately after /before )
−2.68
0.85
−3.14
0.002
−4.35
−1.00
Linear mixed-effect model for repeated measures . Time 1, time between preacupressure and immediately after acupressure; time 2, time between preacupressure and 15 min after acupressure; time 3, time between preacupressure and 30 min after acupressure. , acupressure; CI, confidence interval; SE, standard error.
