The Efficacy of Acupuncture on Anthropometric Measures and the Biochemical Markers for Metabolic Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the randomly assigned participants.

Variable	Acupuncture ()	Sham acupuncture ()	value
Age, mean (SD), y	37.18 (9.36)	38.5 (13.22)	0.482
Male , (%)	7 (41.18%)	5 (31.25%)	0.723
BMI, mean (SD), (kg/m^2)	30.77 (3.83)	30.89 (5.15)	0.651
WC, mean (SD), (cm)	99.21 (9.62)	99.44 (11.3)	0.718
FBG, mean (SD), (mmol/dL)	5.76 (1.75)	7.22 (3.06)	0.538
HbA1c, mean (SD), (%)	5.59 (0.54)	6.35 (1.53)	0.069
TG, mean (SD), (mg/dL)	2.19 (2.37)	1.86 (0.89)	0.319
TC, mean (SD), (mg/dL)	5.08 (1.07)	5.23 (1.09)	0.719
HDL, mean (SD), (mg/dL)	1.26 (0.3)	1.33 (0.26)	0.482
LDL, mean (SD), (mg/dL)	2.97 (0.84)	3.1 (0.75)	0.853
UA, mean (SD), (mmol/dL)	375.7 (128.53)	334.27 (76.84)	0.443
SBP, mean (SD), (mmHg)	144 (8.72)	143.55 (10.61)	0.746
DBP, mean (SD), (mmHg)	93.1 (7.45)	92.64 (9.01)	0.932

BMI: body mass index; WC: waist circumference; FBG: fasting blood glucose; HbA1c: glycosylated hemoglobin; TG: triglyceride; TC: total cholesterol; HDL: high density lipoprotein; LDL: low density lipoprotein; UA: uric acid; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure.