Research Article
The Derivative of Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F—Kunxian Capsule, Attenuated Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Table 2
The adverse events of included studies.
| Adverse events | Jia [22] | Lin et al. [17] | Lu et al. [23] | Quan and Wang [24] | Tian [16] | Lu [19] | Total events | Experiment | Control | Experiment | Control | Experiment | Control | Experiment | Control | Experiment | Control | Experiment | Control |
| Number of patients | 30 | 30 | 80 | 79 | 20 | 20 | 78 | 78 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | | Gastrointestinal upset | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 39 | Menstrual disturbance | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Infection | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | Alopecia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Erythra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Leukocytopenia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ALT/AST elevation | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | Erythrocytopenia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Anemia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Chest distress | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Headache and dizziness | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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