Review Article

Efficacy and Safety of Chinese Medicinal Herbs for the Treatment of Hyperuricemia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Outcomes.

Author, yearThe overall efficacy (EG)
C/M/E/I
The overall efficacy (CG)
C/M/E/I
The overall efficacy (RR, 95% CI); valueSUA (umol/L) (EG: B/A)SUA (umol/L) (CG:B/A)SUA (SMD, 95% CI); valueAdverse reactions (EG)Adverse reactions (CG)Adverse reactions (RR, 95% CI)

Zhou, 2007 [13]16/0/17/35/0/10/131.71 (1.20, 2.45); N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Chen, 2008 [14]N/AN/AN/A488.91 ± 70.51/316.12 ± 86.25489.61 ± 69.89/301.93 ± 93.770.16 (−0.30, 0.61); N/AN/AN/A
Yu, 2012 [15]0/12/36/20/8/33/91.17 (1.02, 1.35); 585.83 ± 93.93/319.13 ± 87.63584.94 ± 90.29/358.86 ± 88.53−0.45 (−0.84, −0.05); Diarrhea: 2Liver damaged: 21.00 (0.15, 6.82)
Tan et al., 2013 [16]0/15/14/10/17/11/21.04 (0.92, 1.16); 546.69 ± 51.45/354.72 ± 27.29550.33 ± 45.99/352.14 ± 25.670.10 (−0.41, 0.60); Liver damaged: 1, kidney damaged: 1, leucopenia: 0, nausea: 2, and acute arthritis: 0Liver damaged: 2, kidney damaged: 1, leucopenia: 1, nausea: 1, and acute arthritis: 20.57 (0.19, 1.75)
Li, 2007 [17]0/21/14/50/19/13/81.09 (0.90, 1.33); : N/A524.43 ± 43.14/410.17 ± 60.25528.50 ± 45.72/413.46 ± 55.84−0.06 (−0.49, 0.38); Diarrhea: 2Liver damaged: 10, leucopenia: 8, and itchy skin: 10.11 (0.03, 0.42)
Xiang et al., 2014 [18]N/AN/AN/A451.33 ± 98.55/370.45 ± 91.45442.64 ± 97.46/357.35 ± 98.570.14 (−0.25, 0.53); NoneItchy skin: 10.33 (0.15, 0.65)
Cai et al., 2014 [19]11/0/35/46/0/32/121.21 (1.02, 1.44); 517.2 ± 86.33/328.8 ± 87.56514.5 ± 90.29/359.4 ± 88.63−0.34 (−0.74, 0.05); N/AN/AN/A
Zhou et al., 2010 [20]0/14/12/40/8/12/101.30 (0.97, 1.74); 521.84 ± 75.32/290.45 ± 74.76514.43 ± 83.35/323.44 ± 71.98−0.44 (−0.96, 0.07); N/AN/AN/A
Hong and Shen, 2011 [21]29/0/6/17/0/8/31.17 (0.94, 1.44); 546.0 ± 78.1/353.0 ± 122.6533.0 ± 62.3/425.0 ± 169.1−0.51 (−1.08, 0.07); NoneLiver damaged: 3, abnormal changes of blood cells: 2, and acute episode of gout: 10.04 (0.00, 0.66)
Hu, 2006 [22]0/20/16/40/22/12/61.06 (0.90, 1.25); 575.38 ± 52.62/389.30 ± 13.07568.48 ± 53.10/398.30 ± 610.08−0.20 (−0.64, 0.24); NoneNausea: 1 and itchy skin: 10.2 (0.01, 4.04)
Zhang et al., 2011 [23]0/14/10/40/18/8/20.92 (0.77, 1.11); 508.00 ± 89.46/386.57 ± 69.60493.71 ± 65.45/352.21 ± 66.790.5 (−0.04, 1.03); NoneN/AN/A

C/M/E/I: cure/markedly effective/effective/ineffective.
EG: experimental group; CG: control group.
B/A: before intervention/after intervention.
N/A: not applicable.
SUA: serum uric acid concentration.