Acupuncture Improving Early Sexual Development of Girls with Peripheral Precocious Puberty: A Prospective Cohort Study

Table 4

TCM symptom scores (x ± s).

Item assessed	N	Baseline	12-week	After follow-up	value	value
Breast tenderness	19	2.16 ± 0.69	0.47 ± 0.61	1.32 ± 0.58	0.001	0.001
Odor in mouth	19	1.16 ± 0.83	0.63 ± 0.60	0.68 ± 0.82	0.008	0.003
Palm hot flush	19	2.16 ± 0.83	1.58 ± 0.61	1.47 ± 0.70	0.001	0.001
Hyperhidrosis	19	1.74 ± 0.87	1.53 ± 0.90	1.47 ± 0.77	0.102	0.059
Dry stool	19	1.47 ± 0.84	0.84 ± 0.60	1.21 ± 0.71	0.001	0.132
Red tongue	19	1.68 ± 0.67	0.95 ± 0.52	1.21 ± 0.63	0.01	0.013
Total score	19	10.37 ± 2.01	7.0 ± 1.56	7.37 ± 1.95	0.01	0.01

Wilcoxon’s rank sum test; indicating 12-week treatment compared with baseline values; indicating follow-up compared with baseline values.