Table 5 Meta-analysis of the effect of garlic on TC

Adler, A. J., 1997 [20]

-20.48 (-26.89, -14.08)

0.42

Aslani, N., 2016 [21]

-1.09 (-1.66, -0.52)

8.61

Byrne, DJ., 1999 [23]

-0.48 (-1.23, 0.26)

7.75

Gardner, CD., 2001 [24]

-0.25 (-0.83, 0.32)

8.59

Higashikawa, Fumiko., 2012 [25] 

-0.83 (-1.38, -0.27)

8.66

Isaacsohn, JL., 1998 [26]

0.19 (-0.43, 0.80)

8.4

Jain, AK., 1993 [27]

-0.37 (-0.99, 0.24)

8.41

Jung, ES., 2014 [28]

-0.23 (-0.76, 0.30)

8.78

Kannar, D., 2001 [29]

-0.66 (-1.29, -0.03)

8.31

Peleg, A., 2003 [31]

0.20 (-0.79, 1.19)

6.55

Sangouni, Abbas Ali., 2021 [14]

-0.93 (-1.37, -0.49)

9.17

Sangouni, Abbas Ali., 2020 [33]

-0.16 (-0.72, 0.39)

8.67

Simons, LA., 1995 [35]

0.71 (-0.05, 1.47)

7.67

Sharifi, F., 2010 [34]

(excluded)

0

Overall (I-squared = 81.9%, p=0.000)

-0.43 (-0.86, -0.01)

100