Table 7.
The results of network meta-analysis of improvement of MMSE.
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| 1.38 (−5.09, 7.76) | FA + CM | ||||||||
| 3.27 (−1.35, 7.83) | 1.92 (−3.64, 7.38) | SA + CM | |||||||
| 4.25 (−0.72, 9.02) | 2.90 (−3.01, 8.53) | 0.96 (−2.50, 4.27) | SA | ||||||
| 3.94 (−0.71, 8.48) | 2.58 (−3.03, 8.07) | 0.69 (−2.63, 4.00) | −0.30 (−3.80, 3.32) | EA | |||||
| 3.02 (−1.73, 7.68) | 1.62 (−4.10, 7.22) | −0.27 (−3.71, 3.17) | −1.25 (−4.93, 2.67) | −0.94 (−4.40, 2.51) | MA + CM | ||||
| 4.43 (0.04, 8.70)∗ | 3.03 (−2.47, 8.28) | 1.11 (−1.85, 4.12) | 0.14 (−3.11, 3.59) | 0.43 (−2.44, 3.40) | 1.36 (−1.79, 4.54) | MA | |||
| 4.00 (−1.77, 9.60) | 2.64 (−3.98, 8.94) | 0.69 (−4.05, 5.44) | −0.29 (−5.12, 4.77) | −0.02 (−4.71, 4.64) | 0.96 (−3.86, 5.77) | −0.41 (−4.03, 3.21) | WA | ||
| 3.85 (−2.82, 10.46) | 2.47 (−4.81, 9.91) | 0.53 (−5.25, 6.55) | −0.42 (−6.46, 5.83) | −0.13 (−5.99, 5.78) | 0.87 (−5.12, 6.92) | −0.57 (−6.19, 5.25) | −0.09 (−6.89, 6.73) | WA + CM | |
| 5.49 (1.51, 9.41)∗ | 4.14 (−1.07, 9.12) | 2.21 (−0.16, 4.62) | 1.26 (−1.42, 4.10) | 1.53 (−0.74, 3.86) | 2.46 (−0.06, 5.07) | 1.09 (−0.71, 2.90) | 1.53 (−2.57, 5.65) | 1.66 (−3.83, 7.03) | CM |
Notes. ∗ Significant difference, MA: manual acupuncture, EA: electronic acupuncture, WA: warm acupuncture, FA: fire acupuncture, SA: scalp acupuncture, and CM: conventional medicine.