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. 2019 Oct 29;2019:5930627. doi: 10.1155/2019/5930627

Table 7.

MAs outcomes about adverse events.

Study ID Outcome Acute or preventive treatment Intervention Control Follow-up time RCTs (n) I2 Model Scale Effect 95% CI P value
Linde et al. [14] Number of patients reporting adverse effects ND Acupuncture NR 4 (838) 73% FEM OR 0.47 [0.34, 0.65] <0.00001
Number of patients dropping out due to adverse effects NR 2 (191) 0% FEM OR 0.10 [0.01, 0.78] 0.028

Linde et al. [7] Number of participants dropping out due to adverse effects Preventive treatment Acupuncture NR 7 (931) 0% FEM OR 2.84 [0.43, 18.71] 0.28
Number of participants reporting adverse effects 4 (1414) 0% FEM OR 1.15 [0.85, 1.56] 0.35
Number of participants with serious adverse events 6 (1071) 0% FEM OR 1.29 [0.43, 3.83] 0.65
Number of participants dropping out due to adverse effects NR 4 (451) 0% REM OR 0.27 [0.08, 0.86] 0.027
Number of participants reporting adverse effects 5 (931) 78% REM OR 0.25 [0.10, 0.62] 0.0027
Number of participants with serious adverse events 3 (721) 0% REM OR 1.33 [0.38, 4.73] 0.66

Chen [16] Number of adverse effects ND Acupuncture ND NR 5 (567) 0% FEM RR 0.11 [0.03, 0.49] 0.003

Pu [24] Rate of adverse events Preventive treatment Acupuncture NR 7 (1126) 77% REM RR 0.33 [0.17, 0.64] 0.001

NR: not reported; ND: not defined; ①: sham acupuncture; ②: drug treatment; FEM: fixed effects model; REM: random effects model.