Safe needling depths of upper back acupoints in children: a retrospective study

Table 2 Safe depths of 23 upper back acupoints of sexes

Acupoints	Boys	Girls	P value
Acupoints	Mean ± S.D.	Mean ± S.D.	P value
GV9	27.78 ± 8.88	24.87 ± 7.83	0.003^a
GV10	28.54 ± 8.47	26.02 ± 7.67	0.009^a
GV11	28.17 ± 8.21	25.88 ± 7.04	0.009^a
GV12	30.45 ± 9.90	28.03 ± 8.24	0.028^a
GV13	33.61 ± 10.07	30.59 ± 9.11	0.008^a
GV14	33.81 ± 10.57	30.70 ± 10.68	0.012^a
BL11	33.39 ± 10.48	28.95 ± 8.67	<0.001^a
BL12	35.61 ± 9.61	32.33 ± 8.09	0.001^a
BL13	28.54 ± 7.08	26.41 ± 5.38	0.003^a
BL14	24.92 ± 7.95	22.69 ± 6.63	0.008^a
BL15	25.48 ± 6.57	23.93 ± 5.41	0.024^a
BL16	24.15 ± 7.19	21.89 ± 6.24	0.004^a
BL17	25.37 ± 6.87	23.62 ± 6.20	0.021^a
BL41	30.86 ± 9.20	28.21 ± 7.89	0. 010^a
BL42	28.02 ± 8.69	26.48 ± 7.25	0.110
BL43	24.68 ± 7.54	22.95 ± 6.75	0.043^a
BL44	20.31 ± 7.79	19.19 ± 7.01	0.202
BL45	18.45 ± 7.07	17.62 ± 6.50	0.300
BL46	18.16 ± 6.63	16.96 ± 6.12	0.111
SI14	36.82 ± 12.23	32.51 ± 10.81	0.002^a
SI15	38.75 ± 12.10	34.74 ± 10.47	0.003^a
GB21	28.01 ± 9.37	26.61 ± 8.81	0.192
SP21	19.48 ± 4.39	18.84 ± 4.56	0.216

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