Table 1.

Search strategy in Pubmed (MEDLINE).

Number	Search terms
#1	Type 2 diabetes mellitus (MeSH)
#2	Type 2 diabetes (MeSH)
#3	Diabetes mellitus (MeSH)
#4	Diabetes (MeSH)
#5	T2DM (MeSH)
#6	Or #1–#5
#7	Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (MeSH)
#8	Nonalcoholic fatty liver (MeSH)
#9	Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (MeSH)
#10	Fatty liver (MeSH)
#11	Liver fibrosis (MeSH)
#12	Liver cirrhosis (MeSH)
#13	NAFLD
#14	Or #7–#13
#15	Acupuncture (MeSH)
#16	Manual acupuncture (MeSH)
#17	Electroacupuncture.ab.
#18	Moxibustion.ab.
#19	Ear acupuncture
#20	Scalp acupuncture
#21	Acupoints (MeSH)
#22	Or #15–#21
#23	Randomised controlled trial.pt.
#24	Controlled clinical trial.pt.
#25	Clinical Trial.pt.
#26	Placebo.ab.
#27	Clinical trials as topic (MeSH)
#28	Pragmatic clinical trial.pt.
#29	Or #23–#28
#30	#6 AND #14 AND #22 AND #29
#31	Remove duplicates from #30