Table 1.
Comparison of network meta-analysis and traditional meta-analysis
| CbAM | SAM | Chinese medicine | Western medicine | Placebo (Sham-acupuncture) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment | T-metaa | N-metab | T-metaa | N-metab | T-metaa | N-metab | T-metaa | N-metab | T-metaa | N-metab |
| CbAM | – | – | 1.23 (1.12–1.36) | 1.10 (1.04–1.17) | 1.17 (1.09–1.25) | 1.23 (1.15–1.32) | – | 1.68 (1.29–1.69) | – | 5.84 (1.19–12.21) |
| SAM | – | 0.91 (0.85–0.96) | – | – | 1.22 (1.14–1.30) | 1.12 (1.03–1.21) | 1.51 (1.31–1.74) | 1.53 (1.17–2.43) | 5.90 (3.64–9.56) | 5.31 (1.74–11.07) |
| Chinese medicine | – | 0.81 (0.77–0.87) | – | 0.89 (0.83–0.97) | – | – | – | 1.20 (1.10–1.50) | – | 4.00 (2.50–6.90) |
| Western medicine | – | 0.62 (0.37–0.77) | – | 0.68 (0.41–0.85) | – | 0.76 (0.46–0.96) | – | – | – | 3.20 (1.90–5.50) |
| placebo (sham-acupuncture) | – | 0.21 (0.08–0.53) | – | 0.24 (0.09–0.58) | – | 0.26 (0.10–0.65) | – | 0.37 (0.12–0.99) | – | – |
astands for traditional meta-analysis
bstands for network meta-analysis