Research Article

Acupuncture and Related Therapies for Obesity: A Network Meta-Analysis

Table 5

Results of network meta-analyses.

Body weight

AAS
-1.11 (-4.01, 1.71)ACE
0.72 (-0.93, 2.37)1.82 (-1.08, 4.84)AR+LM
-1.45 (-4.11, 1.28)-0.36 (-1.82, 1.31)-2.16 (-4.94, 0.61)Acupuncture
-2.40 (-5.16, 0.35)-1.28 (-2.96, 0.39)-3.09 (-5.97, -0.33)-0.92 (-2.34, 0.30)Combined theories
-0.07 (-1.85, 1.74)1.05 (-1.35, 3.48)-0.77 (-2.61, 1.03)1.38 (-0.77, 3.57)2.33 (0.17, 4.56)EA
1.80 (0.21, 3.41)2.90 (0.16, 5.72)1.09 (-0.27, 2.39)3.26 (0.65, 5.88)4.18 (1.62, 6.83)1.85 (0.37, 3.37)LM
0.06 (-5.43, 5.46)1.11 (-3.79, 6.23)-0.67 (-6.27, 4.70)1.47 (-3.37, 6.35)2.39 (-2.25, 7.16)0.11 (-5.02, 5.13)-1.76 (-7.18, 3.51)Pharmacotherapy
1.26 (0.46, 2.06)2.37 (-0.43, 5.18)0.54 (-0.93, 2.03)2.72 (0.06, 5.29)3.65 (0.96, 6.34)1.33 (-0.36, 2.96)-0.55 (-2.02, 0.90)1.20 (-4.13, 6.63)Placebo
-3.47 (-8.46, 1.35)-2.31 (-7.69, 2.72)-4.18 (-9.22, 0.67)-1.99 (-7.32, 2.93)-1.04 (-6.34, 3.96)-3.40 (-8.10, 1.06)-5.24 (-10.15, -0.55)-3.50 (-10.48, 3.39)-4.72 (-9.77, 0.07)WA

BMI

AAS
-0.08 (-1.54, 1.42)ACE
0.96 (-0.08, 2.00)1.03 (-0.58, 2.66)AR+LM
-0.64 (-1.48, 0.35)-0.54 (-1.88, 0.84)-1.59 (-2.71, -0.34)Acupuncture
-0.81 (-1.77, 0.12)-0.71 (-2.20, 0.70)-1.76 (-2.95, -0.62)-0.16 (-1.01, 0.43)Combined theories
0.04 (-0.68, 0.78)0.12 (-1.20, 1.45)-0.92 (-1.88, 0.08)0.67 (-0.11, 1.34)0.84 (0.19, 1.58)EA
1.31 (0.36, 2.30)1.40 (-0.18, 2.96)0.34 (-0.36, 1.15)1.94 (0.83, 3.00)2.12 (1.07, 3.23)1.28 (0.43, 2.11)LM
-0.31 (-2.14, 1.55)-0.21 (-2.34, 1.87)-1.26 (-3.21, 0.79)0.33 (-1.46, 2.01)0.51 (-1.06, 2.09)-0.35 (-2.10, 1.39)-1.62 (-3.54, 0.31)Pharmacotherapy
0.63 (0.25, 1.11)0.72 (-0.71, 2.15)-0.32 (-1.28, 0.69)1.28 (0.43, 2.05)1.44 (0.64, 2.38)0.60 (0.03, 1.22)-0.66 (-1.58, 0.26)0.95 (-0.85, 2.78)Placebo

BMI: body mass index; LM: lifestyle modification; AAS: auricular acupoint stimulation; EA: electroacupuncture; ACE: acupoint catgut embedding; WA: warming acupuncture; AR: acupuncture and related therapies; combined therapies: combination of acupuncture and related therapies.