Table 3 Plasma cytokines and meridian energy outcome comparisons, adjusting for baseline.

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Outcome	Estimate	SE	95% CI	p value^a
TNFα
Week 7	− 1.553	1.683	− 4.926 to 1.819	0.360
Week 14	− 2.285	1.289	− 4.875 to 0.305	0.082
IL1β
Week 7	− 0.846	0.260	− 1.367 to − 0.325	0.002
Week 14	− 0.451	0.279	− 1.012 to 0.110	0.113
Lung meridian (Taiyuan, LU9)
Week 7	− 18.864	14.923	− 48.783 to 11.055	0.373
Week 14	5.306	5.941	− 6.633 to 17.244	0.376
Pericardium meridian (Daling, PC7)
Week 7	6.494	5.642	− 4.813 to 17.800	0.255
Week 14	− 6.989	6.148	− 19.345 to 5.367	0.261
Heart meridian (Shenmen, HT7)
Week 7	7.653	5.653	− 3.675 to 18.982	0.181
Week 14	− 4.119	6.877	− 17.940 to 9.701	0.552
Large intestine meridian (Hegu, LI5)
Week 7	8.258	6.891	− 5.552 to 22.068	0.236
Week 14	− 21.746	7.210	− 36.236 to − 7.257	0.004
Triple energizer meridian (Yangchi, TE4)
Week 7	7.797	6.527	− 5.283 to 20.876	0.237
Week 14	− 24.357	7.289	− 39.005 to − 9.701	0.002
Small intestine meridian (Wangu, SI4)
Week 7	3.965	5.685	− 7.428 to 15.359	0.488
Week 14	− 18.843	5.588	− 30.072 to − 7.613	0.001
Spleen meridian (Taibai, SP3)
Week 7	11.919	4.739	2.422 to 21.416	0.015
Week 14	− 18.490	5.536	− 29.615 to − 7.365	0.002
Liver meridian (Taichong, LR3)
Week 7	1.642	5.629	− 9.640 to 12.923	0.772
Week 14	− 25.408	5.183	− 35.823 to − 14.993	1.1 × 10⁻⁵
Kidney meridian (Taixi, KI3)
Week 7	14.526	4.335	5.838 to 23.213	0.001
Week 14	− 19.993	4.565	− 29.166 to − 10.819	6.244 × 10⁻⁵
Stomach meridian (Chongyang, ST42)
Week 7	5.489	6.564	− 7.666 to 18.644	0.407
Week 14	− 28.414	6.818	− 42.115 to − 14.713	1.247 × 10^-4
Gallbladder meridian (Qiuxu, GB40)
Week 7	9.551	4.029	1.475 to 17.626	0.021
Week 14	− 18.331	3.760	− 25.888 to − 10.775	1.184 × 10⁻⁵
Bladder meridian (Jinggu, BL65)
Week 7	13.462	3.878	5.690 to 21.235	0.001
Week 14	− 23.962	4.238	− 32.478 to − 15.446	7.936 × 10⁻⁷

TNFα, tumor necrosis factor alpha; IL1β, Interleukin 1 beta; SD, standard deviation; SE, standard error.
^aP value of group effect from analysis of covariance test.

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Table 3 Plasma cytokines and meridian energy outcome comparisons, adjusting for baseline.

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