Research Article

Banxia Baizhu Tianma Decoction for Essential Hypertension: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

Table 4

Analyses of systolic blood pressure.

TrialsMD (95% CI)P value

BBTD versus antihypertensive drugs
 Modified BBTD versus captopril1 0.77

Meta-analysis 1 0.77

BBTD plus antihypertensive drugs versus antihypertensive drugs
 Modified BBTD plus L-amlodipine versus L-amlodipine1 0.96
 Modified BBTD plus losartan versus losartan1 <0.00001
 Modified BBTD plus antihypertensive drugs versus antihypertensive drugs1 0.04

Meta-analysis 3 0.04