Changes of Endothelin-1 and Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Concentrations in Patients with Cervical Radiculopathy after Wrist-Ankle Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Hot Compression with Chinese Herbal Medicine

Table 1

Basic information of the patients in the two groups.

Group	n	Gender		Age (year)	Body mass index (kg/m^2)	Course of the disease (years)
		Male (n, %)	Female (n, %)
Study group	41	22 (53.66)	19 (46.34)	53.26 ± 5.58	21.52 ± 1.42	5.38 ± 1.45
Control group	41	24 (58.54)	17 (41.46)	52.93 ± 5.72	21.63 ± 1.58	5.63 ± 1.12
χ^2/t		0.198		0.264	0.332	0.874
		0.656		0.792	0.741	0.385