Comparison between Acupuncture and Nicotine Replacement Therapies for Smoking Cessation Based on Randomized Controlled Trials: A Systematic Review and Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Network meta-analysis of the results on short-term abstinence rates and long-term abstinence rates (RR (95% CI)).

Short-term abstinence rates
	AA	APAA	AT	NRT	SAA	SAT
AA	AA	1.01 (0.54, 1.9)	0.66 (0.31, 1.42)	0.65 (0.33, 1.3)	0.66 (0.3, 1.48)	0.48 (0.18, 1.17)
APAA	1.32 (0.62, 2.8)	APAA	0.65 (0.29, 1.46)	0.65 (0.3, 1.38)	0.65 (0.24, 1.82)	0.48 (0.18, 1.18)
AT	1.78 (0.89, 3.65)	1.36 (0.66, 2.82)	AT	0.99 (0.56, 1.72)	1 (0.34, 3.04)	0.73 (0.39, 1.25)
NRT	1.43 (0.7, 2.85)	1.09 (0.53, 2.2)	0.8 (0.48, 1.28)	NRT	1.01 (0.36, 2.96)	0.74 (0.32, 1.58)
SAA	2.49(1.14, 5.97)	1.89 (0.65, 6)	1.4 (0.49, 4.24)	1.75 (0.62, 5.38)	SAA	0.73 (0.2, 2.34)
SAT	2.57 (0.78, 8.63)	1.96 (0.59, 6.63)	1.44 (0.54, 3.9)	1.8 (0.61, 5.51)	1.03 (0.23, 4.29)	SAT
Long-term abstinence rates