[Retracted] Effects of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Combined with Needle-Knife on Pain and Lumbar Function in Patients with Lumbar Disc Herniation

Table 1

Comparison of general information between the two groups.

Group	n	Gender (male/female)	Age (year)	Protruding segment			Course of disease (year)
				L3-4	L4-5	L5-S1
Control group	63	33/30	52.71 ± 5.96	12	30	21	3.19 ± 0.33
Observation group	63	35/28	52.93 ± 6.01	13	31	19	3.22 ± 0.30
X^2/t	—	0.128	0.206	0.156			0.534
P	—	0.721	0.837	0.925			0.594