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Table 1 Summary of included trials basic information

From: Effectiveness of acupuncture for angina pectoris: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Study ID

Settings

Recruit Sources

TG (M/F)

CG (M/F)

Age (mean or range)

Disease history (mean or range)

Diagnostic criteria (angina type)

AE

BALLEGAARD 1986 [35]

Denmark

NR

12/1

11/2

TG: 54; CG: 58

NR

Modified WHO/ISFC (SAP)

NO

BALLEGAARD 1990 [36]

Denmark

News

19/5

19/6

TG: 67; CG: 66

NR

Modified WHO/ISFC (SAP)

NO

CAO JP 2002 [41]

MC

In

7/23

5/16

TG: 63; CG: 63

TG: 55.14 m; CG: 61.62 m

WHO/ISFC, IM 4th (UAP)

NR

CHANG PF 2005 [42]

MC

Out

19/11

17/5

TG: 59; CG: 61

TG:6.4y; CG:7.2y

WHO/ISFC, PIM (SAP)

NR

DIAO LH 2006 [43]

MC

NR

8/22

6/24

TG: 57; CG: 57

NR

WHO/ISFC, GCC, PIM (SAP)

NR

MC

NR

9/21

6/24

TG: 57; CG: 57

NR

NR

HU NK 1997 [44]

MC

In

60

60

59

NR

WHO/ISFC (CHD-AP)

NR

HUANG J 2004 [45]

MC

Out

22/18

21/19

TG:56; CG:57

TG: 5.3y; CG: 5.2y

WHO/ISFC (SAP)

NO

HUANG J2 2004 [46]

MC

Out/In

11/9

7/13

TG: 60; CG: 59

NR

WHO/ISFC, PIM (SAP)

NR

MC

Out/In

7/13

7/13

TG: 60; CG: 59

NR

NR

LI CP 2005 [47]

MC

Out/In

36

34

64

3.82y

WHO/ISFC (CHD-AP)

NR

LI HJ 2003 [48]

MC

NR

19/17

16/13

TG: 57; CG: 55

TG: 8y; CG: 7.5y

WHO/ISFC (CHD-AP)

NR

LIU JL 2007 [49]

MC

In

20/10

21/9

TG: 57; CG: 57

TG: 9.2y; CG: 8.5y

GCC (UAP)

NR

LIU JR 2010 [50]

MC

Out/In

18/12

19/13

TG: 49; CG: 49

TG: 6.6y; CG: 6.5y

GCC (CHD-AP)

NR

LIU WP 2004 [51]

MC

In

26/6

25/5

TG: 58; CG: 57

TG: 24.8 m CG: 24.5 m

WHO/ISFC (UAP)

NR

LIU WP 2003 [52]

MC

Out/In

19/13

19/12

TG: 58; CG: NR

TG: 24.8 m; CG: 20.6 m

WHO/ISFC (SAP)

NR

LIU YF 2012 [53]

MC

Out/In

18/15

17/16

TG: 66; CG: 65

6 m-15y

2007ACC/AHA (SAP)

NR

TONG YH 2005 [54]

MC

In

42/38

37/23

TG: 61; CG: 60

TG: 2 m-3.5y; CG: 3 m-3y

WHO/ISFC (CHD-AP)

NR

WANG PJ 2011 [55]

MC

In

30

30

53

2-10y

Modified GCC (SAP)

NR

MC

In

30

30

53

2-10y

NR

WANG X 2000 [56]

MC

NR

18/10

14/7

TG: 57; CG: 53

NR

WHO/ISFC (UAP)

NR

WU CY 2009 [57]

MC

Out/In

39/29

40/28

TG: 48; CG: 48

TG: 26.4 m; CG: 25.6 m

WHO/ISFC (CHD-AP)

NR

WU HH 2005 [58]

MC

In

23/17

19/21

NR

NR

WHO/ISFC (CHD-AP)

NR

XIE ZQ 2003 [59]

MC

In

15/16

26/10

TG: 61; CG: 60

NR

Modified GCC (UAP)

NR

XU GD 2006 [60], TONG YH1 2005 [61]

MC

In

68/52

47/33

TG: 63; CG: 63

TG: 23 m; CG: 2.4 m

WHO/ISFC (CHD-AP)

NR

YU W 2006 [62]

MC

In

17/13

15/15

TG: 67; CG: 66

TG: 8.35y; CG: 8.71y

WHO/ISFC (CHD-AP)

NO

ZHANG L 2011 [63]

MC

NR

19/16

17/13

TG: 62; CG: 61

TG: 6.70y; CG: 6.52y

WHO/ISFC (CHD-AP)

NR

ZHANG LJ 2005 [64]

MC

Out/In

18/22

25/15

TG: 43–70; CG: 43-69

TG: 5 m-20y; CG:2 m-19y.

WHO/ISFC, GCC (CHD-AP)

NR

MC

Out/In

21/19

25/15

TG: 45–72; CG: 43-69

TG: 6 m-24y;CG: 2 m-19y.

NR

  1. TG, Treatment Group; CG, Control Group; d, day; m, month; y, year; AE, Adverse Event; Out, outpatient; In, inpatient; News, newspaper; NR, No Report; WHO/ISFC, Nomenclature and criteria for diagnosis of ischemic heart disease; IM Xth, Internal Medicine book (Xth version); PIM, Practice of Internal Medicine book; GCC, Government criteria in China (Guidelines for clinical research of traditional Chinese medicine and new medicine and the other 3 National Conferences’ Advice); CHD, coronary heart disease; AP, angina pectoris; SAP, stable angina pectoris; UAP, unstable angina pectoris; MC, Mainland China.