Table 2 Blood pressure changes after six-week acupuncture treatment.

From: Active Acupoints Differ from Inactive Acupoints in Modulating Key Plasmatic Metabolites of Hypertension: A Targeted Metabolomics Study

Group

Parameter

Baseline

Follow-up

MD (95% CI)

P value

ATG

SBP

144.0 ± 10.30

135.80 ± 11.76Δ

8.20(1.05, 15.35)

0.034*

DBP

87.40 ± 4.10

84.40 ± 3.36

3.00(0.22, 5.78)

0.040*

DSBP

146.80 ± 3.88

143.80 ± 6.14

3.00(−6.08, 12.08)

0.411

DDBP

88.40 ± 1.21

86.60 ± 4.72

1.80(−2.96, 6.56)

0.353

NSBP

135.0 ± 8.59

130.50 ± 18.61

4.60(−0.854, 10.05)

0.079

NDBP

80.20 ± 2.11

76.80 ± 3.11

3.40(−5.36, 12.16)

0.342

Pulse

73.00 ± 3.54

77.20 ± 6.76

−4.20(−8.54, 0.14)

0.055

Arterial BP

106.20 ± 1.50

103.0 ± 2.45

3.20(1.58, 4.82)

0.005*

SBP Variation

12.02 ± 1.25

14.58 ± 3.12

−2.56(−8.44, 3.32)

0.293

DBP Variation

13.82 ± 2.01

15.83 ± 2.58

−2.00(−9.29, 5.26)

0.485

SBP Nocturnal Dipping

8.30 ± 3.78

6.18 ± 9.95

2.11(−7.08, 11.3)

0.558

DBP Nocturnal Dipping

10.90 ± 1.98

11.10 ± 6.07

−0.20(−10.98, 10.58)

0.961

ITG

SBP

142.0 ± 8.57

142.30 ± 10.21

−0.25(−6.92, 6.42)

0.932

DBP

85.88 ± 7.14

84.63 ± 9.41

1.25(−4.24, 6.74)

0.607

DSBP

145.50 ± 2.82

144.60 ± 11.16

0.88(−6.49, 8.24)

0.787

DDBP

88.00 ± 2.24

86.13 ± 9.43

1.88(−3.73, 7.48)

0.455

NSBP

130.60 ± 4.08

135.30 ± 8.92

−4.63(−11.10, 1.85)

0.135

NDBP

80.25 ± 3.02

79.88 ± 10.84

0.38(−7.55, 7.30)

0.902

Pulse

78.67 ± 1.87

78.67 ± 4.59

6.17(0.84, 11.49)

0.030*

Arterial BP

104.70 ± 0.76

104.20 ± 7.36

0.50(−6.33, 7.33)

0.858

SBP Variation

14.23 ± 0.81

14.64 ± 4.03

−0.40(−4.89, 4.09)

0.827

DBP Variation

19.87 ± 1.83

19.66 ± 2.24∆

0.21(−6.44, 6.86)

0.938

SBP Nocturnal Dipping

9.55 ± 1.05

6.44 ± 4.91

3.11(−1.62, 7.84)

0.152

DBP Nocturnal Dipping

9.26 ± 2.48

6.54 ± 7.12

2.71(−7.17, 12.60)

0.512

  1. * indicates P < 0.05; ∆P < 0.05 which is yielded in the comparison between Group A and Group B after treatment.
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