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Table 3 Subgroup analysis for the effect of acupuncture on reducing escape latency time

From: Effects of acupuncture on vascular dementia (VD) animal models: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  

SMD

LL

HL

Degrees of freedom

Heterogeneity

Effect size

I2

Z

P

Species

SR

−3.33

−5.18

−1.47

5

92.10%

3.52

P < 0.00001

WR

−2.85

−3.79

−1.91

5

73.50%

5.93

P = 0.002

Modeling

2-VO

−2.97

−4.21

− 1.73

6

85.80%

4.69

P < 0.00001

4-VO

−3.36

−8.63

1.92

1

94.30%

1.25

P = 0.212

EO

−2.38

−3.82

−0.95

1

65.80%

3.26

P = 0.001

MCAO

−5.19

−6.58

−3.79

0

7.29

P < 0.00001

Methods

EA

−3.05

−4.56

−1.53

6

90.50%

3.94

P < 0.00001

MA

−3.11

−4.23

−2.00

4

75.90%

5.47

P = 0.002

OVERALL

−3.06

−4.04

−2.09

11

87.10%

6.04

P < 0.00001

  1. SR Sprague–Dawley Rats, WR Wister Rats, 2-VO bilateral common carotid artery occlusion, VO 4-vessel occlusion, EO embolic occlusion, MCAO middle cerebral artery occlusion, EA Electroacupuncture, MA Manual acupuncture