Safe needling depths of upper back acupoints in children: a retrospective study

Ma, Yi-Chun; Peng, Ching-Tien; Huang, Yu-Chuen; Lin, Hung-Yi; Lin, Jaung-Geng

doi:10.1186/s12906-016-1060-x

BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies

Table 5 Safe depth of 23 upper back acupoints of BMI groups

From: Safe needling depths of upper back acupoints in children: a retrospective study

Points	Underweight^a (n = 52)	Healthy weight^b (n = 186)	Overweight^c (n = 18)	Obesity^d (n = 30)	P value
Points	Mean ± S.D.	Mean ± S.D.	Mean ± S.D.	Mean ± S.D.	P value
GV9	24.40 ± 5.94	26.21 ± 7.73	29.42 ± 10.63	30.92 ± 12.99	0.003^e
GV10	25.27 ± 5.47	26.75 ± 7.21	30.51 ± 8.62	33.58 ± 12.14	<0.001^e
GV11	25.23 ± 5.02	26.38 ± 6.94	30.47 ± 8.26	33.40 ± 11.82	<0.001^e
GV12	26.91 ± 5.80	28.54 ± 6.89	32.23 ± 9.25	36.78 ± 17.38	<0.001^e
GV13	30.62 ± 7.26	31.61 ± 8.36	34.86 ± 9.39	38.70 ± 14.71	<0.001^e
GV14	30.26 ± 9.19	31.84 ± 9.39	33.86 ± 13.01	38.80 ± 14.75	0.002^e
BL11	30.25 ± 8.39	30.90 ± 8.96	33.94 ± 11.20	37.66 ± 15.18	0.003^e
BL12	32.78 ± 9.13	33.86 ± 8.52	33.92 ± 8.54	38.57 ± 11.70	0.037^e
BL13	26.09 ± 4.78	27.06 ± 4.89	28.94 ± 7.44	33.22 ± 12.10	<0.001^e
BL14	22.72 ± 5.91	23.33 ± 6.60	26.68 ± 8.13	29.00 ± 11.85	<0.001^e
BL15	22.62 ± 3.81	24.57 ± 5.35	26.70 ± 6.67	29.78 ± 9.61	<0.001^e
BL16	21.98 ± 5.31	22.37 ± 6.17	26.30 ± 6.86	28.62 ± 10.07	<0.001^e
BL17	23.21 ± 4.98	24.20 ± 6.00	26.35 ± 6.94	29.03 ± 9.72	<0.001^e
BL41	27.33 ± 5.67	29.16 ± 7.41	32.41 ± 10.18	35.88 ± 14.86	<0.001^e
BL42	25.42 ± 6.23	26.60 ± 6.51	30.06 ± 6.90	32.92 ± 13.70	<0.001^e
BL43	21.98 ± 4.87	22.90 ± 5.56	27.11 ± 6.64	30.25 ± 13.17	<0.001^e
BL44	17.59 ± 4.86	18.99 ± 6.29	23.29 ± 7.90	25.85 ± 12.07	<0.001^e
BL45	15.98 ± 4.77	17.42 ± 5.63	21.73 ± 6.97	22.89 ± 11.49	<0.001^e
BL46	16.15 ± 4.54	16.94 ± 5.00	19.67 ± 6.69	22.71 ± 11.53	<0.001^e
SI14	32.40 ± 9.29	33.88 ± 9.94	39.87 ± 12.20	42.61 ± 18.58	<0.001^e
SI15	35.25 ± 9.01	36.41 ± 10.49	39.54 ± 11.60	45.26 ± 18.02	<0.001^e
GB21	26.43 ± 8.52	26.67 ± 8.11	31.23 ± 11.01	31.41 ± 12.84	0.012^e
SP21	19.36 ± 4.86	18.76 ± 4.03	20.40 ± 4.55	20.68 ± 5.50	0.086

Unit of mean ± SD: mm
^aUnderweight: patients with BMI below the fifth percentile
^bHealthy weight: patients with BMI from the 5th percentile up to the 85th percentile
^cOverweight: patients with BMI from the 85th percentile up to the 95th percentile
^dObese: patients with BMI at or above the 95th percentile
^eStatistically significant

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