Table 2

Haematology and blood biochemistry

Case	Measurement time	WCC (/μL)	RBC (×10⁴/μL)	Hb (g/dL)	Ht (%)	MCV (fL)	MCH (pg)	MCHC (%)	Platelet (μL)	AST (IU/L)	ALT (IU/L)	TP (g/dL)	BUN (mg/dL)	HDL (mg/dL)	LDL (mg/dL)	FBS (mg/dL)
Acupuncture group
A	Before	4800	387	11.4	35.9	93	29.5	31.8	22.3	14	12	7.7	18.1	51	125	98
A	1 week	4200	406	11.8	36.7	90	29.1	32.2	19.7	19	28	7.8	14.8	49	112	99
B	Before	5400	449	13.6	42.2	94	30.3	32.2	18	27	31	6.4	13.6	55	34	92
B	1 week	4800	441	13.2	41.3	94	29.9	32	17	23	28	6.6	14.3	61	36	93
C	Before	5300	411	11.5	38.3	93	28	30	37.2	21	9	7.6	13.1	71	115	96
C	1 week	5400	427	11.9	38.7	91	27.9	30.7	35.3	20	10	7.7	11.9	68	118	96
D	Before	3200	428	13.2	41.4	97	30.8	31.9	22	22	18	7.1	12.2	51	94	81
D	1 week	3600	425	13.2	41.1	97	31.1	32.1	20.6	20	16	7	11.2	55	94	84
E	Before	8300	488	14.7	45	92	30.1	32.7	28.7	25	32	7.7	9.5	62	118	98
E	1 week	7700	489	14.7	45.2	92	30.1	32.5	27.4	26	41	7.5	8.7	52	120	104
Placebo group
F	Before	4700	453	12.6	40.1	89	27.8	31.4	22.3	23	20	7.7	10.5	48	100	83
F	1 week	5600	469	13	41.5	88	27.7	31.3	20	18	15	7.8	11.5	55	107	85
G	Before	5200	457	13.7	44.3	97	30	30.9	17.9	21	20	7.4	17.5	67	79	76
G	1 week	4400	458	13.7	44.2	97	29.9	31	16.9	19	21	7.6	12.8	71	75	80
H	Before	5700	448	13.6	42	94	30.4	32.4	20.8	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	89
H	1 week	5000	443	13.4	42.5	96	30.2	31.5	23.3	19	13	7.3	11	89	118	88
I	Before	6600	436	8.8	31.7	73	20.2	27.8	46.4	13	15	7.6	13.1	46	146	90
I	1 week	6300	423	8.3	29.9	71	19.6	27.8	56	15	17	7.8	13.4	46	121	94
J	Before	4500	455	13.9	41.6	91	30.5	33.4	18.5	17	12	7.3	13.9	43	130	ND
J	1 week	4900	433	13.6	40.2	93	31.4	33.8	19.3	15	13	7.1	11.7	45	124	88

ALT, alanine transaminase; AST, aspartate transaminase; BUN, Blood urea nitrogen; FBS, fasting blood sugar; Hb, haemoglobin; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; Ht, haematocrit; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; MCH, mean corpuscular haemoglobin; MCHC, MCH concentration; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; ND, not done because of insufficient blood samples; RBC, red blood cell; TP, total protein; WCC, white cell count.