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

Table 2

Clinical efficacy between the two groups.

	AP + ATO group (n = 67)	ATO group (n = 41)	χ^2	P
Markedly effective	40 (59.70)	14 (34.15)
Effective	25 (37.31)	21 (51.22)
Ineffective	2 (2.99)	6 (14.63)
Total effective rate (%)	97.01	85.37	5.032	0.025