Table 3 GRADE evidence profile
Certainty assessment | No. of patients | Effect | Certainty | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of studies | Risk of bias | Inconsistency | Indirectness | Imprecision | Publication bias | Baduanjin | Control | Absolute(95% CI) | |
Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality as possibly influenced by systolic blood pressure | |||||||||
14 (RCT) | Serious risk of bias a | Serious inconsistency b | Serious indirectness c | No serious imprecision | Undetected | 532 | 526 | MD 8.52 lower (6.40 to 10.65 lower) | ⨁◯◯◯ VERY LOW |
Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality as possibly influenced by diastolic blood pressure | |||||||||
14 (RCT) | Serious risk of bias | Serious inconsistency | Serious indirectness | No serious imprecision | Undetected | 532 | 526 | MD 4.65 lower(2.74 to 6.55 lower) | ⨁◯◯◯VERY LOW |
Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality as possibly influenced by glucose | |||||||||
3 (RCT) | Serious risk of bias | Serious inconsistency | Serious indirectness | Serious imprecision d | Suspected e | 124 | 124 | MD 0.44 lower (0.21 to 0.67 lower) | ⨁◯◯◯ VERY LOW |
Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality as possibly influenced by serum total triglyceride | |||||||||
3 (RCT) | Serious risk of bias | No serious inconsistency | Serious indirectness | Serious imprecision | Suspected | 124 | 124 | MD 0.35 lower (0.07 to 0.64 lower) | ⨁◯◯◯ VERY LOW |
Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality as possibly influenced by serum total cholesterol | |||||||||
3 (RCT) | Serious risk of bias | Serious inconsistency | Serious indirectness | Serious imprecision | Suspected | 124 | 124 | MD 0.71 lower (0.21 to 1.21 lower) | ⨁◯◯◯ VERY LOW |
Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality as possibly influenced by high density lipoprotein cholesterol | |||||||||
2 (RCT) | Serious risk of bias | No serious inconsistency | Serious indirectness | Serious imprecision | Suspected | 54 | 54 | MD 0.29 Higher (0.09 to 0.48 higher) | ⨁◯◯◯ VERY LOW |