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Table 1 General Characteristics and Distribution of Patients

From: Adverse events associated with acupuncture: three multicentre randomized controlled trials of 1968 cases in China

Characteristic

 

Clinical Trials

Total(%)

  

MI-RCT

FD-RCT

BP-RCT

 

Gender

Male

82

173

474

729 (37.0)

 

Female

393

420

426

1239 (63.0)

Marriage

Unmarried

134

191

211

536 (27.2)

 

Married

341

402

689

1432 (72.8)

Educational Background

Primary school

34

39

90

163 (8.3)

 

Middle school

206

213

405

824 (41.9)

 

University and above

235

341

405

981 (49.9)

Acupuncture experience

Not experienced

346

588

491

1425 (72.4)

 

Have experienced

129

5

409

543 (27.6)

BMI (kg/m 2 )

< 18.5

53

92

24

169 (8.6)

 

18.5~23.9

342

428

495

1265 (64.3)

 

24.0~27.9

80

73

381

534 (27.1)

Age (year)

18~29

178

215

258

651 (33.1)

 

30~39

104

119

191

414 (21.0)

 

40~49

90

118

175

383 (19.5)

 

50~59

83

105

179

367 (18.7)

 

60~69

20

36

97

153 (7.8)