Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Article

Randomized Controlled Trials of Tianma Gouteng Decoction Combined with Nifedipine in the Treatment of Primary Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Basic characteristics of the included trials.


Study	Patients (n)	Sex (male/female)		Diagnostic standard
Study	Experimental group/control group	Experimental group	Control group	Diagnostic standard

Peifeng, 2015 [15]	33/33	21/12	C:21/12	NR
Xiaofei et al., 2016 [16]	40/40	22/18	20/20	GPTH2010 and GPCREDTCM
Tao, 2016 [17]	61/61	22/18	20/20	GPTH2010 and CMDDES
Yingke, 2014 [18]	60/60	32/28	33/27	GPCREDTCM
Jinbo, 2015 [19]	154/153	87/67	75/78	NR
Fan and Lili, 2015 [20]	30/30	NR	NR	CMDTHDESN
Pan, 2019 [21]	52/52	26/26	25/27	NR
Xiaofang, 2016 [22]	55/55	30/25	32/23	GPTH2010
Fu, 2018 [23]	40/40	22/18	24/16	GPTH2010
Caihong, 2017 [24]	40/40	5/15	23/17	GPTH2010 and GPCREDTCM
Dai, 2019 [25]	55/55	NR	NR	NR
Yugao, 2017 [26]	23/23	14/9	13/10	GPCREDTCM
Peng et al., 2016 [27]	46/46	25/21	26/20	NR
Yingjun, 2015 [28]	80/80	48/32	46/34	GPTH2010 and GPCREDTCM

Note: NR: no report; GPTH2010: Guide to Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension 2010; GPCREDTCM: Guiding Principles for Clinical Research of New Drugs in Traditional Chinese Medicine; CMDDES: Chinese Medicine Dialectical Diagnosis Efficacy Standard; CMDTHDESN: Chinese Medicine Diagnosis and Treatment of Heart Disease Efficacy Standards and Norms; GPTHC: Guide to Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension in China (trial version).