The Beneficial Effects of Moxibustion on Overweight Adolescent Girls

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the participants.

Variable	Treatment group (N = 24)	Control group (N = 22)
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Age, yr	17.17 ± 0.92	17.50 ± 1.01	0.247
Body mass index	31.26 ± 3.80	31.63 ± 4.39	0.761
Waist-to-hip ratio	0.94 ± 0.06	0.94 ± 0.62	0.978
Body fat ratio	40.93 ± 4.18	40.51 ± 3.86	0.728
RSE	26.58 ± 4.13	26.36 ± 3.82	0.853

RSE: Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale.