Review Article

Is Yangxue Qingnao Granule Combined with Antihypertensive Drugs, a New Integrative Medicine Therapy, More Effective Than Antihypertensive Therapy Alone in Treating Essential Hypertension?

Table 3

Analyses of systolic blood pressure.

TrialsMD [95% CI] Value

YQG plus valsartan versus valsartan1−7.30 [−10.25, −4.35]<0.00001
YQG plus antihypertensive drugs versus antihypertensive drugs1−9.00 [−10.45, −7.55]<0.00001
YQG plus antihypertensive drugs versus antihypertensive drugs1−4.90 [−7.10, −2.70]<0.0001
YQG plus indapamide versus indapamide1−4.38 [−8.28, −0.48]0.03
YQG plus antihypertensive drugs versus antihypertensive drugs1−16.00 [−17.66, −14.34]<0.00001
YQG plus antihypertensive drugs versus antihypertensive drugs1−1.85 [−4.00, 0.30]0.09
Meta-analysis6−7.31 [−11.75, −2.87]0.001