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Table 6 Comparison of behavioral problems before the 1st and after the 30th acupuncture treatment in natal and regressive autism of different age

From: The therapeutic effect of scalp acupuncture on natal autism and regressive autism

Age (year)

Natal

Regressive

Pre-treatment

Post-treatment

Pre-treatment

Post-treatment

n

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

p-value

n

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

p-value

All

47

2.38

1.09

1.72

0.77

0.000

21

2.24

1.04

1.71

0.78

0.004

2

8

2.88

1.13

1.88

0.64

0.007

4

2.00

0.82

1.25

0.50

0.058

3

14

1.86

0.95

1.50

0.65

0.014

8

2.50

1.20

2.13

0.99

0.197

4

17

2.59

1.00

1.82

0.88

0.001

5

1.80

1.10

1.60

0.55

0.621

5

8

2.38

1.30

1.75

0.89

0.180

4

2.50

1.00

1.50

0.58

0.092