Tai Chi for Essential Hypertension

Table 3

Analyses of blood pressure.

Trials		Intervention (𝑛/𝑁)	Control (𝑛/𝑁)	RR [95% CI]	𝑃 value
Tai Chi versus routine care
24-type Tai Chi versus routine care	1	20/23	14/23	4.29 [0.98,18.72]	0.05
Tai Chi versus routine care	1	25/31	15/30	4.17 [1.33,13.07]	0.01
24-type Tai Chi versus routine care	1	20/23	13/23	5.13 [1.18,22.24]	0.03
48-type Tai Chi versus routine care	1	36/42	32/42	1.18 [0.61,5.74]	0.27
Meta-Analysis	4	101/119	74/118	3.39 [1.81,6.34]	0.0001
Tai Chi plus antihypertensive drugs versus antihypertensive drugs
24-type Tai Chi plus cilazapril versus cilazapril	1	40/44	32/40	2.50 [0.69,9.06]	0.16
Meta-Analysis	1	40/44	32/40	2.50 [0.69,9.06]	0.16