Review Article

Manual Acupuncture for Optic Atrophy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 3

Sensitivity analysis.

OutcomesEffect ModelEffect Size (95% CI)ZP

Visual acuityFixed0.18 (0.17, 0.20)26.73<0.00001
Random0.18 (0.17, 0.20)22.86<0.00001

Visual field mean sensitivityFixed2.11 (1.90, 2.32)19.85<0.00001
Random2.46 (1.17, 3.75)3.740.0002

Latency of wave P100 in P-VEPFixed-6.80 (-8.94, -4.66)6.24<0.00001
Random-6.62 (-9.38, -3.86)4.70<0.00001

Amplitude of wave P100 in P-VEPFixed0.15 (-0.58, 0.87)0. 390.69
Random0.18 (-0.71, 1.08)0.400.69

Total effectiveness (264 eyes)Fixed3.22 (1.88, 5.51)4.26<0.0001
Random3.26 (1.80, 5.89)3.91<0.0001

Total effectiveness (344 participants)Fixed4.29 (2.56, 7.19)5.53<0.00001
Random4.28 (2.55, 7.18)5.52<0.00001