Validity of a diagnostic scale for acupuncture: application of the item response theory to the five viscera score.

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med · 2013 · PMC3638591 · PMID 23690864

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difference was apparentP = 0.040actually significant

A significant gender difference was apparent in the following: RP (47.30 ± 11.65 in men versus 45.01 ± 12.25 in women, P = 0.040); BP (49.25 ± 10.04 versus 43.58 ± 10.60, P < 0.001); SF (48.83 ± 11.35 versus 45.55 ± 13.13, P = 0.031); and RE (47.95 ± 11.40 versus 43.68 ± 13.08, P = 0.003).

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marginally significantP = 0.065so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Similarly, there was a marginally significant gender difference for VT (44.03 ± 10.28 in men versus 41.38 ± 11.15 in women, P = 0.065) and MH (44.98 ± 10.60 versus 41.95 ± 11.56, P = 0.054).

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

There was a significant gender difference for the liver (6.38 ± 3.64 for men versus 7.40 ± 3.44 for women, P = 0.022), and a similar trend was observed for the kidney (6.07 ± 3.28 versus 6.97 ± 3.31, P = 0.051), although this did not reach statistical significance. 3.2.2.

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