The Scientific World Journal

Clinical Study

The Effects of Body Acupuncture on Obesity: Anthropometric Parameters, Lipid Profile, and Inflammatory and Immunologic Markers

Table 1

Comparison between clinical and biochemical characteristics of participants.
GroupReal ( 𝑛 = 7 9 )Sham ( 𝑛 = 8 2 )
Age (year) 3 6 . 8 8 ± 0 . 9 8 3 7 . 4 1 ± 1 . 0 1
Weight (kg) 8 4 . 1 0 ± 1 . 6 7 8 5 . 0 2 ± 1 . 7 5
Height (cm) 1 6 1 . 0 8 ± 0 . 8 3 1 6 0 . 7 9 ± 0 . 9 2
Body fat (%) 3 7 . 0 0 ± 0 . 6 9 3 7 . 0 8 ± 0 . 7 9
BMI (Kg/m2) 3 2 . 3 0 ± 0 . 5 2 3 2 . 7 4 ± 0 . 5 9
WC (cm) 1 0 2 . 3 9 ± 1 . 2 8 1 0 0 . 7 4 ± 1 . 3 6
HC (cm) 1 1 3 . 7 6 ± 1 . 0 3 1 1 4 . 9 8 ± 1 . 1 8
WC/HC ratio 0 . 9 0 ± 0 . 1 0 . 8 7 ± 0 . 0 0 8
FBS (mg/dL) 8 4 . 4 8 ± 1 . 4 6 8 7 . 7 6 ± 2 . 5 8
TC (mg/dL) 1 7 3 . 5 4 ± 4 . 1 3 1 7 1 . 9 6 ± 4 . 1 1
TG (mg/dL) 1 1 2 . 4 8 ± 6 . 2 4 1 2 3 . 5 8 ± 5 . 8
HDL-C (mg/dL) 4 2 . 6 0 ± 0 . 9 9 4 1 . 6 5 ± 1 . 0 6
LDL-C (mg/dL) 1 0 8 . 1 9 ± 3 . 4 4 1 0 7 . 4 6 ± 3 . 0 5
DBP (mmHg) 7 3 . 3 3 ± 1 . 7 1 7 5 . 9 5 ± 1 . 6 7
SBP (mmHg) 1 0 7 . 9 1 ± 1 . 9 2 1 0 7 . 3 8 ± 1 . 7 7
Anti-HSP27 antibody 0 . 3 7 ( 0 . 3 2 - 0 . 4 1 ) 0 . 3 5 ( 0 . 3 3 - 0 . 4 1 )
Anti-HSP60 antibody 0 . 7 4 ( 0 . 6 8 - 0 . 8 6 ) 0 . 7 2 ( 0 . 6 9 - 0 . 7 8 )
Anti-HSP65 antibody 0 . 8 1 ( 0 . 7 3 - 0 . 9 0 ) 0 . 8 1 ( 0 . 7 8 - 0 . 8 3 )
Anti-HSP70 antibody 0 . 5 9 ( 0 . 5 5 - 0 . 6 7 ) 0 . 6 1 ( 0 . 5 7 - 0 . 6 6 )
hs-CRP (mg/dL) 1 . 7 8 ( 1 . 1 5 - 3 . 0 6 ) 1 . 7 9 ( 0 . 9 9 - 3 . 3 9 )
BMI: body mass index; WC: waist circumference; HC: hip circumference; FBS: fasting blood sugar; TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglycerides; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, SBP: systolic blood pressure, Anti-Hsp antibody: Anti-heat shock protein, hs-CRP: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein. Values are expressed as mean ± SEM, or median and interquartile range. Chi-square test (for qualitative variable), independent sample t-test (for normally distributed data), and Mann-Whitney test (for non-normally distributed data) were used for comparison 2 groups.