[Retracted] Additional Acupuncture Confers a Favorable Long-Term Prognosis for Elderly Hypertensive Patients with Carotid Atherosclerosis after Atorvastatin Treatment

Table 1

Comparison of baseline data between two groups.

	AP + ATO group (n = 67)	ATO group (n = 41)	t or χ^2	P
Age	68.1 ± 4.6	68.0 ± 4.0	0.115	0.909
BMI (kg/cm^2)	25.87 ± 1.86	25.18 ± 1.87	1.867	0.065
Gender			0.473	0.492
Male	38 (56.72)	26 (63.41)
Female	29 (43.28)	15 (36.59)
Disease duration (years)	5.18 ± 1.08	5.54 ± 1.05	1.699	0.092
Antihypertension treatment	34 (50.75%)	20 (48.78%)	0.198	0.843
Residence			0.091	0.763
Urban	46 (68.66)	27 (65.85)
Rural	21 (31.34)	14 (34.15)
Smoking			0.238	0.626
Yes	36 (53.73)	24 (58.54)
No	31 (46.27)	17 (41.46)
Drinking			0.409	0.523
Yes	40 (59.70)	27 (65.85)
No	27 (40.30)	14 (34.15)
Family history of EH			0.035	0.853
Yes	58 (86.57)	36 (87.80)
No	9 (13.43)	5 (12.20)
Nationality			0.391	0.532
Han nationality	64 (95.52)	38 (92.68)
Minority	3 (4.48)	3 (7.32)