Table 1: Demographic and anthropometric characteristics of the acupuncture and control groups.
| Age ± SD | Height ± SD | Weight ± SD | BMI ± SD | |
| Acupuncture† | 27.8 ± 9.0 | 175.6 ± 8.2 | 79.3 ± 15.5 | 25.6 ± 3.5 |
| Control‡ | 27.9 ± 12.1 | 175.1 ± 7.3 | 74.2 ± 14.2 | 24.1 ± 3.8 |
†Acupuncture = 11 males and 6 females; ‡Control = 5 males and 3 females.