Different Acupuncture Therapies for Allergic Rhinitis: Overview of Systematic Reviews and Network Meta-Analysis

Table 4

Pairwise meta-analysis of effectiveness for improving overall symptoms of allergic rhinitis.

Comparison	Study number	OR (95% CI)		I^2 (%)	z
A VS F	11	1.16 (1.09, 1.24)	0.000	11.6	4.54
B VS F	5	1.08 (1.00, 1.17)	0.066	36.5	2.04
C VS F	7	1.08 (1.02, 1.13)	0.006	49.80	2.74
D VS F	8	1.20 (1.12, 1.27)	0.000	60.9	2.54

Note: A, manual acupuncture; B, acupoint catgut embedding; C, acupoint herbal application; D, San-Fu-Tie; F, western medicine.