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

CCD: cardia-cerebrovascular disease.