Table 5.
Results of network meta-analyses.
| Body weight | |||||||||
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| AAS | |||||||||
| -1.11 (-4.01, 1.71) | ACE | ||||||||
| 0.72 (-0.93, 2.37) | 1.82 (-1.08, 4.84) | AR+LM | |||||||
| -1.45 (-4.11, 1.28) | -0.36 (-1.82, 1.31) | -2.16 (-4.94, 0.61) | Acupuncture | ||||||
| -2.40 (-5.16, 0.35) | -1.28 (-2.96, 0.39) | -3.09 (-5.97, -0.33) | -0.92 (-2.34, 0.30) | Combined theories | |||||
| -0.07 (-1.85, 1.74) | 1.05 (-1.35, 3.48) | -0.77 (-2.61, 1.03) | 1.38 (-0.77, 3.57) | 2.33 (0.17, 4.56) | EA | ||||
| 1.80 (0.21, 3.41) | 2.90 (0.16, 5.72) | 1.09 (-0.27, 2.39) | 3.26 (0.65, 5.88) | 4.18 (1.62, 6.83) | 1.85 (0.37, 3.37) | LM | |||
| 0.06 (-5.43, 5.46) | 1.11 (-3.79, 6.23) | -0.67 (-6.27, 4.70) | 1.47 (-3.37, 6.35) | 2.39 (-2.25, 7.16) | 0.11 (-5.02, 5.13) | -1.76 (-7.18, 3.51) | Pharmacotherapy | ||
| 1.26 (0.46, 2.06) | 2.37 (-0.43, 5.18) | 0.54 (-0.93, 2.03) | 2.72 (0.06, 5.29) | 3.65 (0.96, 6.34) | 1.33 (-0.36, 2.96) | -0.55 (-2.02, 0.90) | 1.20 (-4.13, 6.63) | Placebo | |
| -3.47 (-8.46, 1.35) | -2.31 (-7.69, 2.72) | -4.18 (-9.22, 0.67) | -1.99 (-7.32, 2.93) | -1.04 (-6.34, 3.96) | -3.40 (-8.10, 1.06) | -5.24 (-10.15, -0.55) | -3.50 (-10.48, 3.39) | -4.72 (-9.77, 0.07) | WA |
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| AAS | |||||||||
| -0.08 (-1.54, 1.42) | ACE | ||||||||
| 0.96 (-0.08, 2.00) | 1.03 (-0.58, 2.66) | AR+LM | |||||||
| -0.64 (-1.48, 0.35) | -0.54 (-1.88, 0.84) | -1.59 (-2.71, -0.34) | Acupuncture | ||||||
| -0.81 (-1.77, 0.12) | -0.71 (-2.20, 0.70) | -1.76 (-2.95, -0.62) | -0.16 (-1.01, 0.43) | Combined theories | |||||
| 0.04 (-0.68, 0.78) | 0.12 (-1.20, 1.45) | -0.92 (-1.88, 0.08) | 0.67 (-0.11, 1.34) | 0.84 (0.19, 1.58) | EA | ||||
| 1.31 (0.36, 2.30) | 1.40 (-0.18, 2.96) | 0.34 (-0.36, 1.15) | 1.94 (0.83, 3.00) | 2.12 (1.07, 3.23) | 1.28 (0.43, 2.11) | LM | |||
| -0.31 (-2.14, 1.55) | -0.21 (-2.34, 1.87) | -1.26 (-3.21, 0.79) | 0.33 (-1.46, 2.01) | 0.51 (-1.06, 2.09) | -0.35 (-2.10, 1.39) | -1.62 (-3.54, 0.31) | Pharmacotherapy | ||
| 0.63 (0.25, 1.11) | 0.72 (-0.71, 2.15) | -0.32 (-1.28, 0.69) | 1.28 (0.43, 2.05) | 1.44 (0.64, 2.38) | 0.60 (0.03, 1.22) | -0.66 (-1.58, 0.26) | 0.95 (-0.85, 2.78) | Placebo | |
BMI: body mass index; LM: lifestyle modification; AAS: auricular acupoint stimulation; EA: electroacupuncture; ACE: acupoint catgut embedding; WA: warming acupuncture; AR: acupuncture and related therapies; combined therapies: combination of acupuncture and related therapies.