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Table 1 The characteristics of the included trials

From: Meta-analysis of acupuncture for relieving non-organic dyspeptic symptoms suggestive of diabetic gastroparesis

Study ID

n (T/C)

Age (T/C, years)

Acupuncture intervention

Acupoints

Control interventionc

Outcomes

Drop-out

Follow up

Wang 2008 [24]

19 (9/10)

57.7 ± 7.4/57.1 ± 9.9

EA, 2 sessions per week, 2 weeks

ST36, LI4

Sham-EA, 2 sessions per week, 2 weeks

Dyspeptic symptoms, gastric emptying

Yes

Two weeks

Ge 2010 [20]

60 (30/30)

40-61/42-60

Acupuncture, 5 sessions per week, 4 weeks

CV12, ST36, PC6

Domperidone, 10 mg, bid, 4 weeks

Response rate

No discription

No discription

Shen 2010 [23]

60 (30/30)

52 ± 10.5/50 ± 10.2

Acupuncture and acupoint applicationd, 6 sessions per week, 4 week

PC6, CV12, CV6, ST36, SP6

Domperidone, 10 mg, tid, 4 weeks

Response rate

No discription

No discription

Wang 2010 [27]

70 (35/35)

37-84/40-85

Chiropractics and acupuncture, 1 sessions per day, one month

BL20, BL21, BL18, BL23, PC6, ST36, SP6, CV12

Mosapride, 5 mg, tid, one month

Dyspeptic symptoms, response rate

No discription

No discription

Zeng 2008 [28]

60 (30/30)

52 ± 12/51 ± 15

Acupuncture, one sessions per day, 4 weeks

CV12, ST36, PC6, SP6

Domperidone, 10 mg, tid, 4 weeks

Dyspeptic symptoms, response rate

Yesb

No discription

Zhang 2007 [29]

72 (36/36)

47.26 ± 5.13/48.31 ± 6.57

Acupuncture, two sessions per day, thirty days

BL21, CV12, BL20, LR13, BL23, BL18, LR14, GB25, ST25, ST36

Domperidone, 10 mg, tid, thirty-four days

Dyspeptic symptoms, response rate

No discription

No discription

Zheng 2010 [30]

80 (40/40)

44.7 ± 8.9/43.9 ± 9.1

Warm acupuncture, 5 sessions per week, 4 weeks

CV12, ST36, PC6

Domperidone, 10 mg, tid, 4 weeks

Response rate, gastric emptying

No discription

No discription

Han 2001 [21]

120 (60/60)

52.12 ± 2.61/51.65 ± 2.53

EA, 1 sessions per day, 2 weeks;

ST36, ST25, PC6, ST39, CV12

Domperidone, 10 mg, tid, 2 weeks

Dyspeptic symptoms, response rate

No discription

No discription

Li 2006 [22]

60 (30/30)

40-69/42-70

Acupuncture, one sessions per day, fifteen days

ST36, CV12, ST25, BL21, BL20, LR3, BL23, PC6

Cisapride, 10 mg, tid, fifteen days

Dyspeptic symptoms, response rate

Yesb

No discription

Wang 2007 [26]

63 (31/32)

57.67 ± 6.55 58.03 ± 7.99

Acupuncture, one sessions per day, thirty days

BL21, CV12, BL20, LR13, BL23, BL18, LR14, GB25, ST25, ST36

Mosapride, 5 mg, tid, thirty days

Dyspeptic symptoms, response rate, gastric emptying

Yesb

No discription

Wang 2009a[25]

70 (35/35)

26-65/28-69

Acupuncture, one sessions per day, thirty days

CV17, CV13, CV12, CV4, CV10, CV8, CV 6

Cisapride, 10 mg, tid, thirty days

Gastric emptying

No discription

No discription

Chen 2008 [19]

60 (30/30)

57.67 ± 2.04/59.77 ± 2.21

EA, 5 sessions per week, three weeks

CV12, ST36, ST25, ST21, ST37

Mosapride, 5 mg, tid, three weeks

Dyspeptic symptoms, response rate, gastric emptying

Yesb

No discription

Zhao 2011 [31]

60 (30/30)

54.77 ± 12.26/54.80 ± 9.42

EA, 5 sessions per week, two weeks

ST36, CV12, ST25, ST21, ST37

Mosapride, 5 mg, tid, two weeks

Dyspeptic symptoms, response rate, gastric emptying

Yesb

No discription

Chen 2005 [32]

60 (30/30)

58.83 ± 11.80/61.13 ± 9.01

EA, 5 sessions per week, two weeks

CV12, ST21, ST25, BL21, ST36

Mosapride, 5 mg, tid, two weeks

Dyspeptic symptoms, response rate, gastric emptying

Yesb

No discription

  1. Key: a, three-arm trial; b, patients with incomplete data or bad compliance were exclude in these studies; c, drugs were took orally by patient; d, acupoint application is a traditional therapy which is based on the Chinese meridian theory, sticking some excitive Chinese medicine such as Herba Asari to acupoint to stimulate local skin of acupoint to regulate body blood and energy with the objective to prevent and treat disease.
  2. T/C, treatment/control; EA, electroacupuncture; bid, bis in die; tid, ter in die.