Review Article
Tai Chi Chuan for the Primary Prevention of Stroke in Middle-Aged and Elderly Adults: A Systematic Review
Table 2
The effect of TCC on incidence of fatal stroke, non-fatal stroke, cardia-cerebrovascular disease, and cardiac failure.
| Outcome or subgroup title | Number of studies | Number of participants | Effect size; risk ratio (M-H, fixed, 95% CI) | P value | | PHeterogeneity |
| Tai Chi Chuan plus other intervention versus same other intervention | Incidence of nonfatal stroke | 2 | 185 | 0.11 [0.01, 0.85] | 0.03 |
0℅ | 0.65 | Incidence of fatal stroke | 2 | 185 | 0.33 [0.05, 2.05] | 0.23 | 0℅ | 0.64 | Incidence of CCD | 1 | 125 | 0.33 [0.11, 0.96] | 0.04 | | | Incidence of cardiac failure | 1 | 60 | 0.17 [0.02, 1.30] | 0.09 | | |
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CCD: cardia-cerebrovascular disease.
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