Holistic Acupuncture approach to idiopathic refractory nausea, abdominal pain and bloating

Table 1 Demographics and clinical characteristics of patients in the mild or severe nausea groups

	Mild nausea (n = 12) symptom score 0 or 1	Severe nausea (n = 10) symptom score 2 or 3	P
Gender	10F:1M	9F:1M	NS
Age(yr ± SE)	47.5 ± 2.9	40 ± 4.6	NS
Weight(lbs ± SE)	143 ± 7	150.8 ± 10.4	NS
Diabetes	1/12	1/10
Severity of nausea1	0.25 ± 0.04	2.6 ± 0.15	P < 0.0001
Severity of pain1	2 ± 0.3	1.1 ± 0.37	NS
Severity of bloating1	2.3 ± 0.37	1.2 ± 0.5	NS
Duration of symptoms in months(mean ± SE)	24.9 ± 5 Range 7-60	15.3 ± 3.4 Range 4-36	NS2

¹Symptom key: 0-none, 1-mild, 2-moderate, 3-severe (based on narrative and complaint in patient chart).

²Using Mann-Whitney test for non-parametric data.