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

Table 3

Mean separation of Transepidermal water loss (TEWL).

Evaluation Variable		Acupuncture; Group	Needle-Embedding Group	p-value
		Mean ± Standard Deviation
TEWL; (n=7 vs. 7)	Baseline	11.7 ± 4.96	9.1 ± 1.52	0.157
	5 Weeks	5.9 ± 1.22	5.4 ± 1.04
	Difference	5.8 ± 4.25	3.7 ± 1.47	0.306
	p-value	0.018	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.