Current Status and Evaluation of Randomized Clinical Trials of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases

Table 2

Characteristics of included RCTs on dyslipidemia.

Researcher	Diagnostic criteria	Sample size		Intervention		Follow-up period	Outcome
		Experiment	Control	Experiment	Control
Ying Xie	Chinese guidelines on prevention and treatment of dyslipidemia in adults	69	69	Jiangzhi Tongluo soft capsule + standard treatment	Placebo + standard treatment	8 weeks	Higher decreased value of TG
Timothy Kwok	LDL ≥ 3.5 mmol/L and <4.9 mmol/L	85	80	D&G capsule	Placebo	12 months	Higher decrease in LDL and TC,
Wenhao Jia	TG > 2.3 mmol/L but <6.5 mmol/L),LDL-C < 4.9 mmol/L, total cholesterol (TC) < 7.2 mmol/L	285(2 experiment groups)	73	XZT, XZK	Placebo	12 weeks	Increases in HDL, decreased TG level
Long Liu	TC ≥ 5.2 mmol/L or TG ≥ 1.65 mmol/L	60	60	Ganoderma lucidum and sea cucumber extract	Placebo	45 days	Decreased TC and TG level
Bo Wu	Acupuncture treatment of obesity + TCM syndrome differentiation	52	52	Acupuncture + tapping	Acupuncture	3 months	Improved blood lipid level
Syed Kazem Farahmand	Metabolic syndrome, TG ≥ 1.7 mmol/L	63	63	Dietary regimen + wet cupping treatment	Dietary regimen	6 weeks	No significant difference in blood lipids