Chinese Herbal Medicine Liu Jun Zi Tang and Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zi Tang for Functional Dyspepsia: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Table 3

Mean difference (MD) for Liu Jun Zi Tang (LJZT) trials. MD and their 95% confidence intervals are presented with weighting in a fixed effect model. There was no statistically significant difference between two groups in plasma acylated ghrelin (WMD, 9; 95% CI, −0.27 to 18.27; 𝑃=0.06).

Study or subgroup	LJZT			Prokinetic drugs				Mean difference	Mean difference
	Mean	SD	Total	Mean	SD	Total	Weight	IV, fixed, 95% Cl	IV, fixed, 95% Cl
Arai et al. 2012 [20]	15.6	16	13	6.6	6.1	14	100.0%	9.00 [−0.27, 18.27]
Total (95% Cl)			13			14	100.0%	9.00 [−0.27, 18.27]
Heterogeneity: not applicable
Test for overall effect: Z= 1.90 (P = 0.06)