Research Article
Auricular Acupressure in Patients with Hypertension and Insomnia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Table 2
Subgroup analyses based on various criteria for systolic blood pressure.
| Subgroup | n | MD (95% CI) | Heterogeneity (%) | value |
| Total sample size | >80 | 6 | −16.33 [−19.45, −13.22] | 79 | | ≤80 | 4 | −13.85 [−19.67, −8.04] | 96 | |
| Intervention time | ≤15 days | 4 | −11.62 [−18.75, −4.50] | 95 | | >15 days | 5 | −16.52 [−20.81, −12.22] | 93 | |
| Control type | AP + AHDs vs. AHDs | 7 | −14.42 [−19.16, −9.68] | 94 | | AP vs. no intervention | 2 | −19.10 [−21.06, −17.14] | 28 | |
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AP: auricular acupressure; AHDs: antihypertensive drugs.
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