Review Article
Tai Chi Chuan for the Primary Prevention of Stroke in Middle-Aged and Elderly Adults: A Systematic Review
Table 3
The effect of TCC on body weight, body mass index, waist-hip ratio, waistline, and hip circumference.
| | Outcome or subgroup title | Number of
studies | Number of
participants | Effect size; mean difference (IV, fixed, 95% CI) | P value | | PHeterogeneity |
| | Tai Chi Chuan versus nonintervention | | Body weight (kg) | 3 | 241 | −3.21 [−5.18, −1.24] | 0.001 | 0℅ | 0.58 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 5 | 381 | −1.01 [−1.34, −0.69] | <0.00001 | 3℅ | 0.39 | | WHR | 1 | 25 | −2.40 [−4.53, −0.27] | 0.03 | | |
| | Tai Chi Chuan plus health education versus same health education | | Body weight (kg) | 1 | 125 | −4.30 [−7.29, −1.31] | 0.005 | | | | Waistline (cm) | 1 | 125 | −7.00 [−10.10, −3.90] | <0.00001 | | | | Hip circumference (cm) | 1 | 125 | −4.60 [−6.91, −2.29] | <0.00001 | | |
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BMI: body mass index; WHR: waist-hip ratio.
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