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Table 3 Sex differences of anthropometric and cun measurements (mean and SD in mm).

From: Locating Specific Acupoints Large Intestine 4 (LI4) and Large Intestine 6 (LI6) in Cadavers Using Anthropometric and Cun Measurement Systems

Item

Female (n = 12)

Male (n = 13)

T-Statistic

p

 

Mean

SD

Range

Mean

SD

Range

  

HL

170.87

10.64

185.00–144.20

181.22

17.93

235 00–164 00

1.74

ns

2DL

65.72

7.66

81.66–58.51

76.41

12.84

109.52–63.22

250

*

PL

93.99

7.08

103 61–79.32

99 63

2.31

101 63–93 32

272

*

HB

70.80

3.99

76.19–61.58

79.36

5.44

89.22–/1.54

4.46

***

2D1B

14.46

1.24

16.36–12.73

17.86

1.19

19 58–15.87

7 00

***

2D2B

16.82

1.67

19.54–14.56

20.07

1.33

23.84–18.39

5.42

***

WB

47.94

5.49

55.92–34.73

56.92

3.49

64.24–51.38

493

***

MHB

81.09

11.11

100.11–63.98

86.76

9.77

101.44–68.14

1.36

ns

HT

24.40

5.65

33.98–14.58

27.24

5.38

36.09–19.33

1.29

ns

MHT

40.35

4.71

47.30–34.09

50.29

4.72

60.41–43.74

5.27

***

HC

181.47

11.46

199.20–157.60

212.35

9.84

230.60–199.60

7.25

***

WC

150.20

11.65

166.80–128.40

167.48

10.09

189.80–154.40

3.97

***

MHC

211.75

14.70

236 60–192 0

23892

1.49

267 20–219 20

447

***

5D2C

53.65

4.09

59.00–44.80

61.92

3.12

66.80–56.40

5.71

***

FL

246.78

9.68

264.60–225.80

26272

18.64

295.2–236 2

265

*

EB

66.77

7.10

78.17–53.36

77.70

8.39

103.32–72.17

3.50

**

MFC

220.17

24.01

256.6.–177.80

245.07

28.33

301.40–205.00

2.36

**

ED

64.22

8.63

77.00–52.56

74.51

12.31

101.34–62.19

240

*

WD

33.57

2.69

37.62–27.81

40.14

1.85

43.68–37.21

7.17

***

MC I

42.87

5.40

51.28–31.55

51.59

4.71

59 00–41.38

4 32

***

MCII

61.15

5.64

67.61–50.42

68.35

6.79

78.10–55.22

287

**

CUN 1A

17 86

1.22

1967–15.59

21 87

1.68

24 97–18 58

6 75

***

CUN 1B

21.24

3.58

28.06–16.18

23.71

3.72

33.41–19.26

1.62

ns

CUN 1.5

34.05

3.36

38.65–27.63

40.30

2.92

45.97–36.25

4.98

***

CUN 2

41.74

3.84

45.80–32.18

46.69

3.76

53.06–42.70

3.26

**

CUN 3

67.20

4.85

75.69–60.91

80.01

2.74

85.69–76.20

823

***

CUN 4

71.15

3.79

78.20–63.21

81.94

4.74

89.46–74.96

6.24

***

CUN 12

218.22

8.85

237.00–204.40

249.49

15.81

268.20–221 00

564

***

LI5 to LI11

215.08

19.85

239.00–171.00

241.42

17.66

280.00–214.00

3.51

**

  1. * = 0.005, ** = 0.01, *** < 0.001.