Electroacupuncture Reduces Postoperative Pain and Analgesic Consumption in Patients Undergoing Thoracic Surgery: A Randomized Study

Table 1

Demographic data.

Variables	EA group	Sham group	p value
Age (mean ± SD)	55.80 ± 15.75	56.93 ± 14.61	0.73
Gender (, %)
Male	32 (69.6)	36 (78.3)	0.34 ( = 0.90)
Female	14 (30.4)	10 (21.7)
Weight (kg)	63.02 ± 7.98	60.50 ± 7.84	0.18

Values are number of patients (percentages).