Review Article

The Usefulness of Xuefu Zhuyu Tang for Patients with Angina Pectoris: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review

Table 6

The effect of XFZYT for SAP and UAP group, outcome = RAS.

Study ID Treatment durationResponse rate, %; (response/) Therapeutic gain, % NNT RR
ExperimentalControl

Lv, 2009 [22]4 weeks93.8 (30/32)76.7 (23/30)17.15.81.22
Wang et al., 2000 [18]4 weeks73.5 (25/34)70.4 (19/27)3.132.31.04
Du et al., 2013 [29]6 weeks79.3 (73/92)64.0 (32/50)15.36.51.24
Wang and Jing, 2007 [19]4 weeks87.1 (27/31)60.0 (18/30)27.13.71.45
Li and Zhang, 2011 [27]4 weeks90.0 (54/60)66.7 (40/60)23.34.31.35
Liu et al., 2007 [25]8 weeks86.0 (37/43)76.7 (33/43)9.410.61.12
Zhang, 2012 [17]4 weeks94.0 (47/50)70.0 (35/50)24.04.21.34
Li, 2009 [30]4 weeks95.0 (38/40)70.0 (28/40)25.04.01.36
Pooled RRā€”86.6 (331/382)69.1 (228/330)17.55.71.25

NNT: number needed to treat; RR: risk ratio.