Acupuncture for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Results of sensitivity analysis.

Outcome	Deletion	Result
AHI	Chen et al. 2008	, ,	MD-6.28, 95% CI: -9.77 to -2.79
	Freire et al. 2007	, ,	MD-5.42, 95% CI: -8.90 to -1.95
	Li et al. 2017	, ,	MD-5.39, 95% CI: -8.49 to -2.30
	Pan 2012	, ,	MD-6.84, 95% CI: -10.59 to -3.10
	Song et al. 2015	, ,	MD-5.50, 95% CI: -9.20 to -1.79
	Su. 2018	, ,	MD-7.10, 95% CI: -10.62 to -3.58
	Xu et al. 2017	, ,	MD-6.82, 95% CI: -10.55 to -3.09
	Zhang et al. 2014	, ,	MD-6.07, 95% CI: -9.78 to -2.35
	Zhao 2015	, ,	MD-6.07, 95% CI: -9.68 to -2.46
ESS	Li et al. 2017	, ,	MD-2.43, 95% CI: -6.24 to 1.38
	Song et al. 2015	, ,	MD-1.55, 95% CI: -4.05 to 0.94
	Su 2018	, ,	MD-3.60, 95% CI: -5.40 to -1.80
	Zhao 2015	, ,	MD-2.19, 95% CI: -4.97 to 0.58
LSaO2	Chen et al. 2008	, ,	MD-6.15, 95% CI: 3.67 to 8.62
	Li et al. 2017	, ,	MD-4.86, 95% CI: 1.89 to 7.83
	Pan 2012	, ,	MD-5.89, 95% CI: 2.18 to 9.61
	Song et al. 2015	, ,	MD-4.39, 95% CI: 1.80 to 6.99
	Xu et al. 2017	, ,	MD-5.10, 95% CI: 1.06 to 9.15