The Effect of Auriculotherapy on an Overweight Pregnant Women’s Weight-Gaining Pattern: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Table 2

Comparison of average weight gain of pregnant women in auricolotherapy and placebo groups in different periods.

Variable (weighing)	Group
	Auricolotherapy		Placebo		Independent t-test statistic	value
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Before the intervention (g)	2944.82	338.33	2854.83	452.13	2.34	0.3
Immediately after the intervention (g)	1120.68	425.83	2704.09	344.96	−11.21	0.018
Two weeks after the end of the intervention (g)	793.10	278.38	1090.32	330.31	−16.42	<0.001
Four weeks after the end of the intervention (g)	729.31	241.52	964.51	348.35	−13.283	<0.001