Data Sheet 1_Effects of acupuncture-related therapies on endocrine and metabolic outcomes

41 randomized controlled trials involving 3,500 obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome were analyzed. The Bayesian network meta-analysis compared the relative efficacy of ten acupuncture-related interventions on metabolic and endocrine outcomes. The study was registered in PROSPERO (CRD420251118032) and authored by Yi Liu.

Use Cases

• Compare the relative efficacy of different acupuncture-related therapies based on the network meta-analysis results
• Assess the impact of interventions on metabolic outcomes like BMI, HOMA-IR, and TG mentioned in the description
• Evaluate hormonal regulation improvements in T and LH/FSH ratio based on the described findings
• Rank intervention effectiveness using SUCRA scores as reported in the study

Strengths

• Analysis includes 41 RCTs with a total of 3,500 participants
• Compares ten distinct acupuncture-related intervention modalities
• Reports results using mean differences with 95% credible intervals and SUCRA ranking

Limitations

• The certainty of evidence for the findings is described as low
• The clinical relevance of the findings is noted as uncertain pending high-quality trials
• The underlying data file is a 2.9 MB DOCX document; column-level documentation is absent and data must be extracted manually

Provenance

Source

Yi Liu via figshare

Collection Method

Systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis of published randomized controlled trials.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-28 06:26:24