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However, it is unclear whether this treatment greatly reduces the risk of primary dysmenorrhoea.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Eight databases were searched up to January 2018. Pair-wise and network meta-analyses were conducted to synthesize data from eligible studies.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Seventeen randomized controlled trials were included. The following acupuncture types showed more efficacy than NSAIDs in reducing primary dysmenorrhoea risk: traditional acupuncture (odds ratio [OR]\u2009=\u20096.70, 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.60\u201320.0), eye acupuncture (OR\u2009=\u20093.50, 95% CI 1.40\u20138.90), wrist\u2013ankle acupuncture (OR\u2009=\u20096.00, 95% CI 1.30\u201332.0), superficial acupuncture (OR= 5.10, 95% CI 1.20\u201326.0), moxibustion (OR\u2009=\u20097.70, 95% CI 2.90\u201325.0), electroacupuncture (OR\u2009=\u200923.0, 95% CI 4.80\u2013130), ear acupuncture (OR\u2009=\u200913.0, 95% CI 2.80\u2013100) and abdominal acupuncture (OR\u2009=\u20095.30, 95% CI 2.10\u201316.0). Surface under the cumulative ranking curve values were traditional acupuncture (53.0%), eye acupuncture (22.0%), wrist\u2013ankle acupuncture (81.5%), superficial acupuncture (50.0%), moxibustion (57.8%), electroacupuncture (99.9%), ear acupuncture (41.6%) and abdominal acupuncture (44.1%).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Acupuncture is more efficacious than NSAIDs in reducing primary dysmenorrhoea risk. Acupuncture, particularly electroacupuncture, can decrease the risk of primary dysmenorrhoea.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/0300060518800609","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,11,30]],"date-time":"2018-11-30T04:04:09Z","timestamp":1543550649000},"page":"19-30","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Comparative efficacy and safety of NSAIDs-controlled acupuncture in the treatment of patients with primary dysmenorrhoea: a Bayesian network meta-analysis"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"47","author":[{"given":"Falan","family":"Luo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Faculty of Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau (SAR), China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xinyu","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinical 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