Acupoint Embedding of Polyglactin 910 Sutures in Patients with Chronic Pain due to Cervical Spondylotic Radiculopathy: A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the 102 patients included in the intention-to-treat analysis.

Characteristics	SAE; (n = 34)	MAPE; (n = 34)	DAPE; (n = 34)	P	All Patients; (n = 102)
Women, n (%)	24 (70.6)	25 (73.5)	23 (67.6)	0.9	72 (70.6)
Age (years), mean ± SD	51.0 ± 12.9	54.0 ± 11.0	51.4 ± 13.9	0.6	52.1 ± 12.6
Duration of illness (months), mean ± SD	68.5 ± 47.3	56.5 ± 36.6	77.8 ± 64.1	0.4	67.6 ± 50.9

SAE, sham acupoint embedding group; MAPE, middle-layer (the semispinalis capitis muscle layer) PGLA embedding group; DAPE, deep-layer (the multifidus muscle layer) PGLA embedding group.