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Table 7 Comparison of food selectivity 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

1.85

0.69

1.45

0.62

0.000

21

1.86

0.73

1.57

0.68

0.030

2

8

1.75

0.71

1.00

0.00

0.020

4

1.50

0.58

1.00

0.00

0.182

3

14

1.64

0.63

1.29

0.47

0.009

8

1.88

0.83

1.88

0.83

0.080

4

17

2.06

0.75

1.71

0.69

0.055

5

2.40

0.55

1.80

0.45

0.208

5

8

1.88

0.64

1.63

0.74

0.170

4

1.50

0.58

1.25

0.50

0.391