The Efficacy and Safety of Acupuncture in the Treatment of Neurodermatitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Characteristics information of the included studies.

Author	Country	Year	Sample size	I	C	I	C
				Sex (M/F)	Sex (M/F)	Age (year)	Age (year)
Yunkuan Yang	China	2006	54	9/19	11/15	38.86 ± 14.46	40.38 ± 15.61
Jishu Li	China	2007	80	—	—	38.24 ± 13.67	36.00 ± 13.91
Zhen Tian	China	2015	70	—	—	25–50	25–50
Yan Li	China	2016	60	17/13	10/20	36.98 ± 9.04	34.12 ± 10.34
Zhan Wang	China	2008	98	23/27	25/23	37.26 ± 11.84	38.48 ± 10.54
Canyang Diao (1)	China	2007	120	29/31	34/26	18–65	19–63
Canyang Diao (2)	China	2007	60	17/13	16/14	18–65	19–63
Hongfei Ci	China	2015	186	38/56	41/51	48.3 ± 10.6	46.4 ± 12.7

I = intervention; C = control; M = male; F = female; A = acupuncture; M = medicine.