Review Article

Is It a New Approach for Treating Senile Hypertension with Kidney-Tonifying Chinese Herbal Formula? A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

Table 2

Assessment of risk of bias in included studies.

StudyRandom sequence generationAllocation concealmentBlindingIncomplete outcome dataSelective reportingFree of other biasesSummary assessments

Lu et al., 2007 [16]Low riskUnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearLow riskHigh risk
Hu et al., 2001 [17]UnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearHigh risk
Huang et al., 2007 [18]UnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearHigh risk
Kong, 2003 [19]UnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearHigh risk
Zhang and Li, 2006 [20]UnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearHigh risk
Zhang et al., 2008 [21]UnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearHigh risk