Review Article
The Comparative Efficacy of Multiple Acupuncture for Alzheimer’s Disease: A Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis
Table 8
The results of network meta-analysis of reduction of ADAS-cog.
| | EA + CM | | | | | |
| | −0.41 (−6.45, 6.11) | SA + CM | | | | | | 1.78 (−4.14, 7.46) | 2.20 (−2.72, 6.45) | MA + CM | | | | | 1.04 (−4.93, 6.75) | 1.51 (−3.81, 5.77) | −0.72 (−4.86, 3.24) | MA | | | | 3.15 (−3.54, 10.23) | 3.62 (−1.14, 8.13) | 1.38 (−3.98, 7.02) | 2.11 (−3.05, 7.87) | SA | | | 4.30 (−0.87, 9.37) | 4.70 (0.76, 8.20) | 2.49 (−0.30, 5.43) | 3.21 (0.62, 6.28) | 1.12 (−3.65, 5.62) | CM |
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Notes.Significant difference, MA: manual acupuncture, EA: electronic acupuncture, SA: scalp acupuncture, and CM: conventional medicine. |
