Research Article

Zhen Gan Xi Feng Decoction, a Traditional Chinese Herbal Formula, for the Treatment of Essential Hypertension: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

Table 3

Quality assessment of included randomized controlled trials.

Included trialsSequence generationAllocation concealmentBlinding of participants personnel and outcome assessorsIncomplete outcome dataSelective outcome reportingOther sources of biasRisk of bias

Guo et al. 2002 [14]Table of random numberUnclearUnclearNoNoUnclearUnclear
Mao 2005 [15]Table of random numberUnclearUnclearYesNoUnclearUnclear
Luo 2008 [16]UnclearUnclearUnclearYesNoUnclearHigh
Liu and Zhong 2008 [17]UnclearUnclearUnclearYesNoUnclearHigh
Li and Zheng 2012 [18]UnclearUnclearUnclearYesNoUnclearHigh
Zhou 2000 [19]UnclearUnclearUnclearYesNoUnclearHigh