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

Table 2

Comparison of clinical and biochemical characteristics of participants of body group.

Variable	Real group			Sham group
	1st sample	2nd sample	3rd sample	1st sample	2nd sample	3rd sample
Weight (kg)	84.10±1.67	81.23±1.68^𝛼	81.27±2.41^𝛼,𝛽	85.02±1.75	82.81±1.81^𝛼	84.96±2.56^𝛼
Body fat (%)	37.00±0.69	36.03±0.7^𝛼	37.91±1.91	37.08±0.79	36.54±0.84^𝛼	36.35±1.01^𝛼
BMI (Kg/m^2)	32.30±0.52	31.17±0.53^𝛼	30.98±0.62^𝛼,𝛽	32.74±0.59	31.87±0.61^𝛼	31.73±0.74^𝛼
WC (cm)	102.39±1.28	95.12±1.2^𝛼	92.90±1.43^𝛼,𝛽	100.74±1.36	96.66±1.26^𝛼	97.16±1.31^𝛼
HC (cm)	113.76±1.03	106.59±0.93^𝛼	105.84±1.19^𝛼,𝛽	114.98±1.18	111.10±1.15^𝛼	110.40±1.48^𝛼
WC/HC ratio	0.90±0.1	0.89±0.01	0.087±0.01	0.87±0.008	0.87±0.007	0.88±0.008
FBS (mg/dL)	84.48±1.46	87.46±1.33	87.27±3.1	87.76±2.58	89.64±3.40	90.03±3.37
TC (mg/dL)	173.54±4.13	148.18±3.92^𝛼	137.98±3.71^𝛼,𝛽	171.96±4.11	162.23±3.72^𝛼	157.15±3.82^𝛼
TG (mg/dL)	112.48±6.24	92.51±4.40^𝛼	87.69±4.55^𝛼,𝛽	123.58±5.8	122.97±5.68	108.76±6.37^𝛼,𝛽
HDL-C (mg/dL)	42.60±0.99	38.51±0.88^𝛼	54.33±2.96^𝛼,𝛽	41.65±1.06	38.16±0.94^𝛼	53.05±3.01^𝛼,𝛽
LDL-C (mg/dL)	108.19±3.44	91.34±3.48^𝛼	74.50±3.60^𝛼,𝛽	107.46±3.05	99.92±2.89^𝛼	93.27±3.12^𝛼,𝛽
Anti-HSP27	0.37(0.32-0.41)	0.33(0.29-0.37)^𝛼	0.31(0.28-0.34)^𝛼,𝛽	0.35(0.33-0.41)	0.36(0.32-0.39)	0.36(0.33-0.41)
Anti-HSP60	0.74(0.68-0.86)	0.73(0.62-0.80)^𝛼	0.70(0.62-0.77)^𝛼,𝛽	0.72(0.69-0.78)	0.73(0.68-0.78)^𝛼	0.73(0.67-0.78)
Anti-HSP65	0.81(0.73-0.90)	0.80(0.73-0.86)^𝛼	0.77(0.70-0.83)^𝛼,𝛽	0.81(0.78-0.83)	0.80(0.77-0.84)	0.80(0.77-0.84)
Anti-HSP70	0.59(0.55-0.67)	0.56(0.52-0.64)^𝛼	0.54(0.50-0.60)^𝛼,𝛽	0.61(0.57-0.66)	0.60(0.57-0.65)	0.61(0.56-0.66)
hs-CRP (mg/dL)	1.78(1.15-3.06)	1.3(1.3-3.0)	0.8(0.23-1.4)^𝛼,𝛽	1.79(0.99-3.39)	1.3(1.3-3.2)	1.10(0.33-2.00)^𝛼,𝛽

R: Real; S: Sham; BMI: Body mass index; WC: waist circumference; HC: Hip circumference; FBS: Fasting blood sugar; TC: total cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; SBP: systolic blood pressure. Values are expressed as mean ± SEM, or median and interquartile range. 𝛼means significant changes in comparison with first sample and 𝛽means significant changes in comparison with second sample.