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Table 4 Glycemia, blood pressure and lipid profile before and after treatment

From: Polyglycolic acid sutures embedded in abdominal acupoints for treatment of simple obesity in adults: a randomized control trial

 

PASET group

Control group

Before treatment

After treatment

p value

Before treatment

After treatment

p value

Diastolic pressure (mmHg)

78.00 (74.00, 95.75)

77.00** (70.00, 87.00)

0.004

75.50 (68.75, 77.75)

75.00 (71.25, 80.50)

0.294

Systolic pressure (mmHg)

117.50 (109.75, 141.50)

112.50** (108.00, 132.50)

0.005

107.50 (103.75, 120.00)

106.50 (104.25, 121.25)

0.803

Glucose (mmol/L)

5.33 (4.09, 6.43)

5.23 (4.95, 5.85)

0.796

5.25 (4.93, 5.66)

5.21 (4.96, 5.68)

0.270

Triglyceride (mmol/L)

2.48 (1.31, 4.40)

2.24 (1.01, 4.18)

0.535

1.78 (1.12, 2.60)

1.74 (1.17, 2.45)

0.208

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

5.19 (5.12, 5.97)

5.25 (4.94, 6.22)

0.070

4.75 (4.36, 5.50)

5.03 (4.50, 5.80)

0.683

High-density lipoprotein (mmol/L)

1.12 (1.08, 1.32)

1.35** (1.00, 1.39)

0.008

1.27 (1.02, 1.50)

1.31 (1.03, 1.50)

0.972

Low-density lipoprotein (mmol/L)

3.38 (2.83, 4.15)

2.84* (2.50, 3.91)

0.049

3.02 (2.61, 3.67)

3.26 (3.03, 3.70)

0.172

Uric acid (μmol/L)

409.00 (317.00, 495.75)

326.00* (291.75, 517.75)

0.038

430.00 (341.75, 531.00)

393.00 (313.50, 474.00)

0.096

  1. Statistical significant difference between before and after treatment in each group (* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01)