Treatment of persistent allergic rhinitis via acupuncture at the sphenopalatine acupoint: a randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Comparison of participant characteristics in the two groups

	Real acupuncture group	Sham acupuncture group	P value
	(N = 30)	(N = 31)	P value
Age (years)	35.87 ± 10.36	35.97 ± 9.15	0.550
Male/female, number of participants	16/14	17/14	0.521
History of PAR	49.03 ± 29.84	51.17 ± 32.39	0.907
RQLQ score	45.93 ± 8.67	49.16 ± 7.87	0.133
Sleep	7.9 ± 3.34	8.00 ± 4.48	0.922
Non-nasal/eye	18.83 ± 4.43	20.81 ± 4.44	0.086
Behavior	12.00 ± 3.00	12.1 ± 3.36	0.905
Emotional function	7.23 ± 2.5	8.3 ± 2.15	0.081

Values are expressed as mean ± SD unless stated otherwise
PAR persistent allergic rhinitis, RQLQ Rhinoconjunctivitis Quality of Life Questionnaire
P > 0.05 indicates there was no statistically significant difference

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