Table 1.
Author, year | Sample size | Excluded | RIF reason | Age (mean) | Acupuncture group | Control group | IVF outcome | |
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Acupuncture group | Control group | |||||||
Ma 2019 | 70 | 0 | ER | 30.04 ± 2.98 | 30.55 ± 3.71 | MA + HRT | HRT | CPR EIR ET EM EBF SDS ETN |
Luo 2017 | 56 | 0 | ER | 33.8 ± 4.6 | 32.5 ± 4.1 | MA + moxibustion + levofloxacin + dydrogesterone | Levofloxacin + dydrogesterone | CPR ET EIR ETN HQE MR BPR EM |
Zhao 2019 | 102 | 0 | ER | 32.57 ± 4.25 | 32.95 ± 4.37 | EA + TDP + HRT | Sham EA + HRT/HRT | CPR ET ETN SHL EIR BPR |
Xu 2014 | 176 | 0 | Unknown | 32.5 ± 4.6 | 31.9 ± 4.3 | TEAS + HRT | HRT | CPR SHL AF BMI ET BPR EIR ETN |
Zhuang 2019 | 72 | 3 | ER | 34.29 ± 5.31 | 34.26 ± 5.30 | MA + FET | FET | CPR ET EM EBF (PI; RI) BPR LBR TCMS |
Villaherm-osa 2013 | 84 | 0 | Unknown | 36.0 ± 2.7 | 36.3 ± 2.15 | MA + moxibustion | Sham MA/blank | CPR ON ET ETN BPR |
Shuai 2019 | 124 | 2 | ER | 31.23 ± 3.78 | 31.58 ± 3.07 | TEAS | MTEAS | CPR LBR ETN ET E2 EIR ON |
EA: electro acupuncture, MA: manual acupuncture, TEAS: transcutaneous electrical acupuncture stimulation, MTEAS: mock transcutaneous electrical acupuncture stimulation, FET: frozen embryo transplantation, HRT: hormone replacement therapy, ER: endometrial receptivity, BPR: biochemical pregnancy rate, CPR: clinical pregnancy rate, BPR: biochemical pregnancy rate, MR: miscarriage rate, LBR: live birth rate, ETN: embryos transfer number, EIR: embryos implantation rate, MR: miscarriage rate, BMI: body mass index, ET: endometrial thickness, EM: endometrial morphology, EBF: endometrial blood flow, RI: resistance index, PI: pulse index, AF: antral follicles, HQE: high-quality embryo, SHL: sex hormone levels, ON: oocyte number, TCMS: traditional Chinese medicine syndrome, and SDS: self-rating depression scale.