Table 9.
The results of network meta-analysis of response rate.
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| 4.00 (0.73, 20.25) | WA + CM | ||||||||
| 7.24 (0.94, 39.36) | 1.74 (0.20, 12.51) | EA + CM | |||||||
| 5.44 (1.30, 16.01)∗ | 1.34 (0.24, 6.60) | 0.79 (0.14, 4.30) | MA + CM | ||||||
| 3.03 (0.59, 10.32) | 0.75 (0.13, 6.29) | 0.44 (0.06, 2.86) | 0.59 (0.15, 1.78) | SA + CM | |||||
| 5.70 (1.05, 23.05)∗ | 1.57 (0.23, 8.41) | 0.84 (0.13, 6.42) | 1.11 (0.30, 4.05) | 1.98 (0.48, 8.53) | FA + CM | ||||
| 3.86 (1.45, 9.02)∗ | 0.92 (0.22, 6.89) | 0.55 (0.12, 3.08) | 0.71 (0.30, 1.87) | 1.20 (0.47, 4.17) | 0.64 (0.19, 2.41) | MA | |||
| 7.21 (1.77, 33.77)∗ | 1.83 (0.32, 12.15) | 1.17 (0.17, 6.66) | 1.46 (0.48, 4.75) | 2.28 (0.79, 10.79) | 1.29 (0.32, 5.61) | 1.80 (0.69, 6.87) | EA | ||
| 6.53 (1.24, 28.38)∗ | 1.57 (0.25, 18.37) | 0.93 (0.14, 6.68) | 1.26 (0.30, 5.18) | 2.41 (0.58, 8.74) | 1.12 (0.21, 5.93) | 1.77 (0.47, 6.14) | 0.98 (0.16, 4.07) | SA | |
| 17.32 (5.47, 42.46)∗ | 4.23 (1.04, 22.97)∗ | 2.41 (0.55, 12.54) | 3.13 (1.62, 6.96)∗ | 5.53 (2.40, 16.59)∗ | 2.86 (0.99, 9.10) | 4.44 (2.52, 7.63)∗ | 2.26 (0.80, 5.15) | 2.49 (0.81, 8.31) | CM |
Notes. ∗ Significant difference, MA: manual acupuncture, EA: electronic acupuncture, WA: warm acupuncture, FA: fire acupuncture, SA: scalp acupuncture, and CM: conventional medicine.