Preliminary Comparison of the Efficacy and Safety of Needle-Embedding Therapy with Acupuncture for Atopic Dermatitis Patients

Table 2

Mean separation of SCORAD index.

Evaluation Variable		Acupuncture; Group	Needle-Embedding Group	p-value
		Mean ± Standard Deviation
SCORAD index; (n=7 vs. 7)	Baseline	23.9 ± 3.89	26.1 ± 5.24	0.405
	5 Weeks	15.1 ± 3.18	17.0 ± 4.16
	Difference	8.7 ± 3.06	9.1 ± 5.54	0.697
	p-value	0.017	0.018

a: comparison between groups: p value from Mann-Whitney U test.
b: 5 weeks after baseline.
c: comparison within groups: p value from Wilcoxon signed rank test.