Table 2.
League tables for outcomes of acupuncture-related interventions
| A: CIPN Symptoms (odd ratio) | ||||||
| Acupuncture | 0.22 (0.09, 0.57) | 0.72 (0.19, 2.67) | 2.21 (0.96, 5.10) | 3.57 (1.45, 8.80) | 0.64 (0.19, 2.21) | 3.70 (1.50, 9.12) |
| Acupuncture-E | 3.21 (0.84, 12.22) | 9.89 (4.18, 23.40) | 15.99 (4.43, 57.67) | 2.89 (0.64, 12.96) | 16.56 (4.90, 55.99) | |
| Acupuncture-M | 3.08 (1.11, 8.57) | 4.98 (1.03, 24.10) | 0.89 (0.16, 5.13) | 5.16 (1.17, 22.87) | ||
| Medication | 1.62 (0.49, 5.36) | 0.29 (0.07, 1.20) | 1.68 (0.57, 4.92) | |||
| Supplement | 0.18 (0.05, 0.60) | 1.04 (0.33, 3.28) | ||||
| TEAS | 5.77 (1.84, 18.13) | |||||
| Usual care | ||||||
| B: CIPN pain (mean difference) | ||||||
| Acupuncture | -0.06 (-1.24, 1.12) | --- | -1.18 (-2.29, -0.07) | -1.28 (-2.34, -0.21) | -0.17 (-1.72, 1.38) | -1.18 (-2.23, -0.12) |
| -0.53 (-1.59, 0.54) | Acupuncture-E | --- | -1.12 (-2.30, 0.05) | -1.22 (-2.42, -0.01) | -0.11 (-1.90, 1.68) | -1.12 (-2.36, -0.12) |
| -0.37 (-1.78, 1.03) | 0.16 (-1.28, 1.59) | Acupuncture-M | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1.12 ( 0.08, 2.16) | 1.65 ( 0.52, 2.77) | 1.49 ( 0.43, 2.55) | Medication | -0.10 (-1.47, 1.28) | 1.01 (-0.82, 2.85) | 0.00 (-1.38, 1.39) |
| 0.53 (-0.68, 1.73) | 1.05 (-0.05, 2.16) | 0.90 (-0.72, 2.51) | -0.59 (-1.95, 0.76) | Supplements | 1.11 (-0.41, 2.62) | 0.10 (-1.21, 1.41) |
| 0.10 (-1.52, 1.73) | 0.63 (-0.91, 2.17) | 0.48 (-1.42, 2.37) | -1.02 (-2.71, 0.68) | -0.42 (-1.84, 1.00) | TEAS | -1.01 (-2.80, 0.78) |
| 0.65 (-0.42, 1.72) | 1.18 (0.27, 2.09) | 1.023 (-0.34, 2.39) | -0.467 (-1.58, 0.64) | 0.126 (-1.01, 1.26) | 0.548 (-0.86, 1.96) | Usual care |
| C: CIPN quality of life (standardized mean difference) | ||||||
Abbreviations: CIPN: Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, acupuncture-E: acupuncture plus electrical stimulation, acupuncture-M: acupuncture plus moxibustion, TEAS: transcutaneous electrical nerve/acupoint stimulation