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. 2014 Mar 6;2014(3):CD005467. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005467.pub2

Wang CC 2005.

Methods Country: China
Setting: hospital based
Aim: to study the effects of Gumikang capsule in the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis
Study design: randomised controlled trial
Analysis: T‐test, Chi2 test
Loss to follow‐up: not reported
Participants Ethnicity: Chinese
60 postmenopausal osteoporosis patients enrolled: 32 in trial group, 28 in control group
Inclusion criteria: Chinese diagnostic criteria for osteoporosis, BMD detected by DXA
Exclusion criteria: metabolic disease, endocrine disease
Interventions Experimental: Gumikang capsule, 5 capsules, twice a day, for 6 months
Control: calcium gluconate, 500 mg, 3 times a day, for 6 months
Outcomes BMD, E2, Ca, ALP
Notes No funding sources or declarations of interest for the primary researchers reported
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Adequate sequence generation Unclear risk No information provided
Allocation concealment Unclear risk No information provided
Blinding 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Insufficient information to permit judgement of 'low risk' or 'high risk'
Incomplete outcome data addressed 
 All outcomes Low risk No missing outcome data
Free of selective reporting Unclear risk Not all the outcomes that were of interest in this review were reported
Free of other bias Low risk The study appears to be free of other sources of bias