[Retracted] Systematic Evaluation and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials of Fire Needle Combined Phototherapy for the Treatment of Vitiligo

Table 1

Considered criteria characteristics.

Design	Subtype	Duration of treatment	No. of patients involved	Age range
Single blind	Symmetric	15	234	5 to 45
Single blind parallel	Bilateral	13	156	5 to 63
Double-blind	Symmetric	5	344	15 to 60
Double-blind parallel	Symmetric and bilateral	6	423	12 to 56
RCT+4 CL	Generalized	18	236	12 to 60
RCT+3CL	Symmetric	5	221	8 to 50
RCT	Bilateral	9	344	10 to 63
RCT	Symmetric and bilateral	2	327	12 to 40
RCT	Stable	2	422	10 to 52
RCT	Unstable	4	124	6 to 46
RCT	Symmetric and stable	5	342	8 to 64
RCT	Bilateral and stable	6	355	6 to 56