Table 5.

Meta-analysis of the effect of garlic on TC

Study	SMD (95% CI)	Weight %
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