Efficacy of acupoint catgut embedding therapy for phlegm-turbidity and blood-stasis metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease

Table 1 Participants’ baseline characteristics

	Age (years)	Male	Illness duration (d)	BMI (kg/m2)	Family history
ACET group (n = 40)	34.23 ± 8.08	22 (55.00)	15.45 ± 8.71	31.00 ± 4.37	4 (10.00)
Control group (n = 40)	38.38 ± 12.15	25 (62.50)	14.15 ± 6.52	29.95 ± 3.75	3 (7.50)
t/χ2	1.799	0.464	0.756	1.153	0.157
P value	0.076	0.496	0.452	0.252	0.692

ACET: Acupoint catgut embedding therapy; BMI: Body mass index.