The Comparative Efficacy of Multiple Acupuncture for Alzheimer’s Disease: A Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis

Table 4

Pairwise meta-analysis of reduction of ADAS-cog.

Comparison		Number	WMD (95% CI)	I^2
EA + CM	CM	1	4.32 (1.55, 7.09)	—	—
MA + CM	CM	3	2.46 (1.12, 3.80)	67.0%	0.049
SA + CM	CM	2	4.43 (–0.06, 8.92)	76.7%	0.038
MA	CM	3	3.11 (1.74, 4.47)	31.7%	0.231
SA	CM	1	2.00 (–0.30, 4.30)	—	—
SA + CM	SA	1	4.50 (2.18, 6.82)	—	—

Notes.Significant difference, MA: manual acupuncture, EA: electroacupuncture, SA: scalp acupuncture, CM: conventional medicine, and ADAS-cog: the Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive.