Scalp Acupuncture for Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Table 4

Forest plot of comparison: scalp acupuncture versus western conventional medicines: the clinical effective rate.

Study or subgroup	Experimental		Control		Weight	Risk ratio M-H,; Fixed, 95% CI	Risk ratio; M-H, Fixed, 95% CI
	Events	Total	Events	Total
Chen and Jing 2008 [26]	28	30	21	30	18.7%	1.33 [1.04, 1.72]
Tang and Sun 1996 [22]	28	30	25	33	21.2%	1.23 [0.99, 1.53]
Wei et al. 2005 [24]	21	32	17	31	15.4%	1.20 [0.80, 1.80]
Xu et al. 2007 [25]	60	61	50	61	44.6%	1.20 [1.06, 1.36]
Total (95% CI)		153		155	100.0%	1.23 [1.11, 1.37]
Total events	137		113
Heterogeneity: Chi² = 0.57, df = 3 (𝑃=0.90); 𝐼^2 = 0%
Test for overall effect: 𝑧=3.85 (𝑃=0.0001)