Combined Acupoints for the Treatment of Patients with Obesity: An Association Rule Analysis

Table 1

Summary of selected studies.

Study (year)	Study design	Inclusion criteria (kg/m^2)	Acupoints	Jadad score
Tuǧrul Cabioğlu and Ergene (2005) [41]	RCT	BMI > 30	Extra12, TF4, LI 4, LI11, ST25, ST36, ST44	5
Cabioğlu and Ergene (2006) [42]	RCT	BMI > 30	Extra12, TF4, LI 4, LI11, ST25, ST36, ST44	5
Cabioğlu et al. (2008) [43]	RCT	BMI > 30	Extra12, TF4, LI 4, LI11, ST25, ST36, ST44	5
Hsu et al. (2009) [44]	RCT	BMI > 27	TF4, CO4, Extra12, CO18	6
Abdi et al. (2012) [45]	RCT	BMI > 30	TF4, CO4, Extra12, CO1, HX1, CO17	5
Güçel et al. (2012) [46]	RCT	BMI > 30	LI4, HT7, ST36, ST44, SP6	6
Lien et al. (2012) [47]	RCT	BMI > 27	TF4, CO4, Extra12, CO18	6
Darbandi et al. (2013) [48]	RCT	BMI > 25	ST25, GB28, RN12, RN9, RN4, SP6	5
Yeo et al. (2014) [49]	RCT	BMI > 23	TF4, CO4, CO13, Extra12, CO18	5
Darbandi et al. (2014) [50]	RCT	BMI > 30–40	ST25, GB28, REN12, REN9, REN4, SP6, TF4, CO4, Extra12, CO1, HX1, CO17	5
Fogarty et al. (2015) [51]	RCT	BMI > 25	LI4, LI11, ST36, ST44, LR3	5

RCT = randomized controlled trial; BMI = body mass index.