| Studies | One group analysis method | value of a one group analysis | Two group analysis method | value of a two group analysis |
| Studies that compared central BOLD responses between de-qi and sharp pain groups |
| Hui et al., 2000 [54] | Kolmogorov-Smirnov test | or (cor) | | | Hui et al., 2005 [33] | group-averaged | (unc), minimum 3 voxels | | | Hui et al., 2009 [55] | group-averaged | (unc), minimum 3 voxels | two-sample unpaired t-tests | (unc) | Sun et al., 2012 [40] | random effect model | (unc), minimum 5 voxels | two-sample unpaired t-tests | < 0.0001 (unc) |
| Studies where no subjects reported sharp pain/excluded subjects who experienced sharp pain from fMRI analysis |
| Napadow et al., 2005 [34] | Fixed effect model | (unc), minimum 3 voxels | | | Jeun et al., 2005 [78] | random effect model | (unc), | | | Kong et al., 2007 [79] | random effect model | (cor), minimum 10 voxels | | | Zhou and Jia 2008 [66] | random effect model | (cor) 50 voxels | | | Na et al., 2009 [80] | random effect model | (unc), minimum 100 voxels | | | Bai et al., 2010 [81] | random effect model | 5 (unc), minimum 5 voxels | | | Qiu et al., 2010 [82] | random effect model | (unc), minimum 3 voxels | | | Fang et al., 2012 [85] | random effect model | (cor), minimum 5 voxels | | | Sun et al., 2012 [40] | random effect model | (unc), minimum 5 voxels | | |
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