Review Article
Chinese Herbal Medicine Paratherapy for Parkinson's Disease: A Meta-Analysis of 19 Randomized Controlled Trials
Table 8
Forest plot of comparison: Chinese herbal medicine versus conventional treatment: UPDRS I–IV total scores.
| Study or subgroup | Experimental | Control | Mean difference | Mean difference | Mean | SD | Total | Mean | SD | Total | Weight | IV, fixed, 95% CI | IV, fixed, 95% CI |
| Cheng et al. [24] | 43.2 | 6.74 | 20 | 50.2 | 5.62 | 20 | 26.7% | −7.00 [−10.85, −3.15] | |
Cui et al. [17]
| 41.2 | 28.5 | 35 | 44.5 | 29.1 | 35 | 2.2% | −3.30 [−16.79, 10.19] | Li et al. [33] | 40.7 | 15.1 | 56 | 45.9 | 18.1 | 54 | 10.1% | −5.20 [−11.44, 1.04] | Luo et al. [21] | 22.96 | 11.841 | 22 | 32 | 14.19 | 19 | 6.1% | −9.04 [−17.11, −0.97] | Pan et al. [35] | 43.16 | 16.78 | 47 | 51.08 | 19.51 | 44 | 7.0% | −7.92 [−15.42, −0.42] | Shen and Yuan [20] | 61.35 | 26 41 | 40 | 72.09 | 16.6 | 32 | 3.9% | −10.74 [−20.74, −0,74] | Wang et al. [18] | 36.95 | 7.24 | 20 | 40.35 | 8.98 | 20 | 15.5% | −3.40 [−8.46, 1.66] | Wang et al. [19] | 17.15 | 10.6 | 53 | 24.12 | 13.38 | 50 | 18.0% | −6.97 [−11.65, −2.29] | Xie et al. [23] | 45.36 | 23.14 | 14 | 4843 | 21.8 | 14 | 1.4% | −3.07 [19.72, 13.58] | Zhoa et al. [26] | 35.09 | 19.14 | 75 | 38.04 | 22.6 | 79 | 9.1% | −2.95 [−9.55, 3.65] | Total (95% Cl) | | | 382 | | | 367 | 100.0% | −60.9 [−8.08, −4.10] | Heterogeneity: Chi2 = 4.25; df = 9 (); = 0% | | | | Test for overall effect: = 6.00 () | | | | |
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