Cerebral Targeting of Acupuncture at Combined Acupoints in Treating Essential Hypertension: An Rs-fMRI Study and Curative Effect Evidence

Table 1

Baseline characteristics ( or ).

Characteristic		Group A	Group B	Group C	Statistical value
Gender (%)
Male		5 (33.33)	1 (7.10)	5 (33.33)		0.174
Female		10 (66.67)	13 (92.90)	10 (66.67)
Age (year)						0.529
Heredity (%)
Yes		11 (73.3)	8 (57.10)	7 (46.70)		0.327
No		4 (26.70)	6 (42.90)	8 (53.30)
Course of disease (month)						0.482
SBP (mmHg)						0.956
DBP (mmHg)						0.377
SF-36	PF					0.187
	RP					0.840
	BP					0.549
	GH					0.255
	VT					0.082
	SF					0.634
	RE					0.453
	MH					0.163