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

Table 9

The results of network meta-analysis of response rate.

WA
4.00 (0.73, 20.25)	WA + CM
7.24 (0.94, 39.36)	1.74 (0.20, 12.51)	EA + CM
5.44 (1.30, 16.01)	1.34 (0.24, 6.60)	0.79 (0.14, 4.30)	MA + CM
3.03 (0.59, 10.32)	0.75 (0.13, 6.29)	0.44 (0.06, 2.86)	0.59 (0.15, 1.78)	SA + CM
5.70 (1.05, 23.05)	1.57 (0.23, 8.41)	0.84 (0.13, 6.42)	1.11 (0.30, 4.05)	1.98 (0.48, 8.53)	FA + CM
3.86 (1.45, 9.02)	0.92 (0.22, 6.89)	0.55 (0.12, 3.08)	0.71 (0.30, 1.87)	1.20 (0.47, 4.17)	0.64 (0.19, 2.41)	MA
7.21 (1.77, 33.77)	1.83 (0.32, 12.15)	1.17 (0.17, 6.66)	1.46 (0.48, 4.75)	2.28 (0.79, 10.79)	1.29 (0.32, 5.61)	1.80 (0.69, 6.87)	EA
6.53 (1.24, 28.38)	1.57 (0.25, 18.37)	0.93 (0.14, 6.68)	1.26 (0.30, 5.18)	2.41 (0.58, 8.74)	1.12 (0.21, 5.93)	1.77 (0.47, 6.14)	0.98 (0.16, 4.07)	SA
17.32 (5.47, 42.46)	4.23 (1.04, 22.97)	2.41 (0.55, 12.54)	3.13 (1.62, 6.96)	5.53 (2.40, 16.59)	2.86 (0.99, 9.10)	4.44 (2.52, 7.63)	2.26 (0.80, 5.15)	2.49 (0.81, 8.31)	CM

Notes.Significant difference, MA: manual acupuncture, EA: electronic acupuncture, WA: warm acupuncture, FA: fire acupuncture, SA: scalp acupuncture, and CM: conventional medicine.