Table 5.
The results of network meta-analysis of response rate.
| MA + EA | |||||||||
| 2.34 (0.14, 45.48) | FA | ||||||||
| 5.27 (0.24, 108.34) | 2.31 (0.07, 51.27) | AM | |||||||
| 3.51 (1.08, 11.91) ∗ | 2.42 (0.15, 33.74) | 1.04 (0.09, 15.04) | EA | ||||||
| 12.43 (2.02, 131.91) | 5.44 (0.78, 57.31) | 2.67 (0.43, 20.33) | 2.19 (0.47, 19.09) | MA | |||||
| 11.08 (0.63, 306.10) | 5.19 (0.18, 137.33) | 2.14 (0.13, 58.84) | 1.97 (0.25, 24.41) | 0.93 (0.05, 11.76) | MA + CM | ||||
| 4.57 (0.30, 58.46) | 1.98 (0.09, 33.64) | 0.85 (0.07, 15.03) | 0.79 (0.16, 4.27) | 0.37 (0.02, 2.46) | 0.41 (0.05, 2.02) | EA + CM | |||
| 3.61 (0.23, 47.22) | 1.54 (0.06, 26.99) | 0.66 (0.05, 11.13) | 0.63 (0.11, 3.56) | 0.29 (0.02, 1.97) | 0.32 (0.03, 2.47) | 0.78 (0.17, 3.59) | AM + CM | ||
| 20.24 (1.61, 208.87) ∗ | 8.64 (0.44, 127.99) | 3.69 (0.34, 50.71) | 3.50 (1.00, 14.47) | 5.03 (3.46, 7.89) ∗ | 5.10 (2.85, 9.45) ∗ | 4.32 (1.60, 12.67) ∗ | 5.53 (1.90, 17.37) ∗ | CM | |
| 117.72 (9.06, 2206.40) ∗ | 49.29 (3.48, 1006.76) ∗ | 22.23 (1.27, 660.91) ∗ | 20.21 (2.03, 306.03) ∗ | 8.89 (1.58, 59.55) ∗ | 10.04 (0.46, 259.77) | 24.94 (1.97, 592.58) ∗ | 32.11 (2.30, 810.36) ∗ | 5.68 (0.52, 118.12) | SA |
∗Significant difference. MA: manual acupuncture; EA: electronic acupuncture; AM: acupuncture-moxibustion; FA: fire acupuncture; SA: sham acupuncture; CM: conventional medicine.