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

Table 3

Network meta-analysis of the results on FTND scores and daily smoking (WMD (95% CI)).

FTND scores
	AA	APAA	AT	NRT	SAA	SAT
AA	AA	1.34 (−0.87,3.16)	1.13 (−1.88,3.53)	1.03 (−1.98,3.44)	−0.19 (−1.91,1.35)	0.11 (−4.2,3.89)
APAA	−6.8 (−16.01, 2.39)	APAA	−0.19 (−2.84, 2.19)	−0.3 (−2.94, 2.08)	−1.55 (−4.01, 1.15)	−1.22 (−5.23, 2.61)
AT	—	—	AT	−0.1 (−2.75, 2.56)	−1.35 (−4.25, 2.05)	−1 (−3.99, 2)
NRT	—	—	—	NRT	−1.25 (−4.17, 2.16)	−0.91 (−4.9, 3.12)
SAA	0.88 (−3.16, 4.84)	7.69 (−2.36, 17.66)	—	—	SAA	0.32 (−4.22, 4.49)
SAT	−11.5 (−24.23, 1.24)	−4.68 (−13.52, 4.17)	—	—	−12.38 (−25.7, 1.03)	SAT
Daily smoking