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Table 6 The thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat tissue using ultrasound measurement

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

 

Upper abdomen (mm)

Lower abdomen (mm)

Before treatment

After treatment

Before treatment

After treatment

PASET group

40.95 ± 7.03

37.63 ± 5.82**

38.86 ± 6.96

35.37 ± 7.11**

Control group

35.29 ± 5.42

36.94 ± 5.54

35.93 ± 6.24

36.25 ± 8.46

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