Efficacy of Lianhua Qingwen Compared with Conventional Drugs in the Treatment of Common Pneumonia and COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Meta-Analysis

Table 2

The quantitative analysis of common pneumonia and COVID-19 pneumonia.

Subject	Efficacy index	Effect value	95% CI	PEffect value	Heterogeneity		M
					I^2	P
Common pneumonia	Flu-like symptoms	WMD = −1.81	−2.12, −1.50	<0.001	98.0	<0.001	R
	Fever	WMD = −1.58	−1.99, −1.17	<0.001	98.3	<0.001	R
	Cough	WMD = −2.07	−2.57, −1.57	<0.001	97.7	<0.001	R
	Sputum	WMD = −1.10	−1.50, −0.70	<0.001	62.2	0.047	R
	Pulmonary rales	WMD = −2.03	−2.74, −1.31	<0.001	97.1	<0.001	R
	Pulmonary imaging improvement	WMD = −1.88	−2.28, −1.47	<0.001	56.5	0.032	R
	Curative effect	OR = 3.65	2.81, 4.76	<0.001	0.0	0.945	F
	Healing period	WMD = −1.68	−2.62, −0.74	<0.001	97.0	<0.001	R
COVID-19 pneumonia	Flu-like symptoms	OR = 3.18	2.36, 4.29	<0.001	6.7	0.367	F
	Fever	OR = 4.05	1.78, 6.59	<0.001	0.0	0.548	F
	Cough	OR = 3.43	1.87, 6.29	<0.001	7.7	0.338	F
	Sore throat	OR = 0.31	0.03, 2.99	0.314	39.8	0.197	F
	Nausea	OR = 1.98	0.49, 7.95	0.336	7.4	0.340	F
	Diarrhoea	OR = 1.28	0.18, 9.30	0.810	0.0	0.638	F
	Loss of appetite	OR = 6.05	0.69, 53.14	0.104	74.5	0.020	R
	Fatigue	OR = 2.82	1.44, 5.53	0.003	0.0	0.757	F
	Muscle pain	OR = 5.01	1.44, 17.40	0.011	0.0	0.723	F
	Headache	OR = 2.67	0.30, 23.83	0.378	0.0	0.938	F
	Sputum	OR = 4.30	1.01, 18.22	0.048	61.9	0.073	R
	Shortness of breath	OR = 10.62	3.71, 30.40	<0.001	0.0	0.751	F
	Breathlessness	OR = 4.81	0.97, 23.86	0.055	0.0	0.672	F
	Chest tightness	OR = 3.02	1.23, 7.42	0.016	31.5	0.232	F
	Pulmonary imaging improvement	OR = 1.77	1.29, 2.42	<0.001	43.7	0.130	F
	Curative effect	OR = 2.49	1.76–3.53	<0.001	29.8	0.234	F
	Healing period	WMD = −2.06	−3.36, 0.75	0.002	0.0	0.810	F
	Conversion of severe cases	OR = 0.46	0.27, 0.77	0.003	18.2	0.295	F
All	Adverse reactions	OR = 0.74	0.56, 0.97	0.029	0.0	0.994	F
	Common pneumonia	OR = 0.75	0.54, 1.05	0.097	0.0	0.992	F

M, model; R, random-effects model; F, fixed-effects model.