Tai Chi Chuan for the Primary Prevention of Stroke in Middle-Aged and Elderly Adults: A Systematic Review

Table 6

The effect of TCC on fasting blood glucose, postprandial two-hour blood glucose, and fasting plasma insulin.

Outcome or subgroup title	Number of; studies	Number of; participants	Effect size; mean difference (IV, fixed, 95% CI)	value		PHeterogeneity
Tai Chi Chuan versus non-intervention
FBG	6	230	−0.93 [−1.42, −0.43]^♦	0.0003	67℅	0.01
PBG (mmol/L)	1	32	−1.40 [−1.64, −1.16]	<0.00001
FPI
Wu et al. 2010 (U/L) [29]	1	40	−6.80 [−10.12, −3.48]	<0.0001
Zhang and Fu 2008 (pM) [31]	1	19	7.99 [−1.41, 17.39]	0.1
Tai Chi Chuan plus conventional treatment versus same conventional treatment
FBG (mmol/L)	2	64	0.60 [−0.94, 2.14]	0.45	73℅	0.05
FPI (U/L)	1	40	−0.10 [−0.30, 0.10]	0.32

 ^♦Std: mean difference (IV, random, 95% CI).
FBG: fasting blood glucose; PBG: postprandial two-hour blood glucose; FPI: fasting plasma insulin.