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"Competing interests RD and DC had support from the National Institutes of Health, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine for the submitted work; HL and GB received payment for scientific and statistical services from Stromatec in the previous 3 years; The University of Vermont received payment for statistical services from Stromatec in the previous 3 years; The New England School of Acupuncture received payment for Administrative support from Stromatec in the previous 3 years."

"Funding This project was supported by Grant R44-AT002021 from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. The contents of this article are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health."