[Retracted] The Effects of Positive or Neutral Communication during Acupuncture for Relaxing Effects: A Sham-Controlled Randomized Trial

Table 4

The pretreatment levels and change between pre- and posttreatment in heart rate and blood pressure in the acupuncture and communication groups.

	Genuine acupuncture	Sham acupuncture	value	Positive communication	Neutral communication	value
Pretreatment, m ± SD
Heart rate	68.1 ± 13.2	67.3 ± 10.3	0.607	67.9 ± 13.1	67.5 ± 10.3	0.788
Systolic blood pressure	125.1 ± 19.8	124.1 ± 19.6	0.694	125.4 ± 19.5	123.7 ± 19.9	0.501
Diastolic blood pressure	74.6 ± 10.0	74.5 ± 10.2	0.967	74.9 ± 10.0	74.2 ± 10.2	0.556
Posttreatment, m ± SD
Heart rate	65.2 ± 10.2	64.4 ± 9.5	0.535	65.2 ± 9.8	64.3 ± 9.8	0.470
Systolic blood pressure	125.1 ± 19.8	124.1 ± 19.5	0.694	125.4 ± 19.5	123.7 ± 19.8	0.501
Diastolic blood pressure	74.5 ± 10.3	72.6 ± 9.5	0.145	73.0 ± 10.2	74.2 ± 9.6	0.363
Change in m ± SD
Heart rate	−2.8 ± 8.8	−2.9 ± 7.6	0.894	−2.6 ± 8.8	−3.0 ± 7.5	0.729
Systolic blood pressure	−1.5 ± 13.5	−3.4 ± 12.7	0.279	−3.6 ± 14.1	−1.2 ± 11.9	0.161
Diastolic blood pressure	−0.2 ± 8.5	−1.8 ± 7.7	0.107	−1.9 ± 8.5	−0.1 ± 7.6	0.088

Numbers () of participants; m = mean; SD = standard deviation.