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

Table 4

Mean separation of skin hydration.

Evaluation Variable		Acupuncture; Group	Needle-Embedding Group	p-value
		Mean ± Standard Deviation
Skin hydration; (n=7 vs. 7)	Baseline	24.5 ± 2.40	24.7 ± 3.84	0.749
	5 Weeks	33.7 ± 7.06	34.4 ± 6.40
	Difference	9.2 ± 6.56	9.7 ± 4.88	0.949
	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.