Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine / 2012 / Article / Tab 1 / Review Article
Outcome Measures of Chinese Herbal Medicine for Hypertension: An Overview of Systematic Reviews Table 1 Outcome measures of CHM for hypertension in systematic reviews.
Outcome measures (number of SR) Condition (number of SR) CHM First author Number of RCTs/total Conclusion Risk of publication bias Primary endpoints Mortality, stroke, coronary heart disease, and hypertensive renal damage (1) Essential hypertension (1) Niuhuang Jiangya preparationWang et al. (2008) [27 ] 3/3 B NA hypertensive renal damage (1) Elderly hypertension (1) Herbal products Han (2012) [36 ] 4/45 A NA Secondary endpoints Blood pressure (10) Essential hypertension (8) Niuhuang Jiangya preparationWang (2008) [27 ] 3/3 B NA Herbal products Hu (2009) [28 ] 24/24 A L Herbal products Ren (2006) [29 ] 11/11 A H Tianma Gouteng YinDong (2011) [30 ] 6/6 A L Tianma Gouteng YinZhang (2012) [31 ] 0/0 B NA Pinggan qianyang Xu (2012) [32 ] 8/8 A H Buyi shenqi Shi (2012) [33 ] 5/5 A H Buyi pishen Liu (2011) [34 ] 13/15 A L Elderly isolated systolic hypertension (1) Herbal products Li (2012) [35 ] 17/17 A L Elderly hypertension (1) Herbal products Han (2012) [36 ] 45/45 A NA Triglycerides (1) Essential hypertension (1) Herbal products Hu (2009) [28 ] 4/24 A L Pulse pressure (1) Elderly isolated systolic hypertension (1) Herbal products Li (2012) [35 ] 4/17 A L Quality of life (1) Elderly hypertension (1) Herbal products Han (2012) [36 ] 4/45 A NA TCM syndrome (5) Essential hypertension (3) Pinggan qianyang Xu (2012) [32 ] 3/8 A H Buyi shenqi Shi (2012) [33 ] 4/5 A H Buyi pishen Liu (2011) [34 ] 9/15 A L Elderly isolated systolic hypertension (1) Herbal products Li (2012) [35 ] 6/17 A L Elderly hypertension (1) Herbal products Han (2012) [36 ] 4/45 A NA
Notes: Pinggan qianyang: calming the liver and suppressing liver-yang to patients with hyperactivity of liver yang syndrome; Buyi shenqi: replenishing kidney qi to patients with kidney qi deficiency syndrome; Buyi pishen: replenishing spleen and kidney to patients with spleen and kidney deficiency syndrome; A: CHM may be or appear to be effective; B: the evidence is insufficient and inclusive; H: high; L: low; NA: not mentioned.
