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. 2014 Apr 9;2014(4):CD010366. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010366.pub2

Yang 2010.

Methods RCT
Participants Participants: 36 healthy women
Age (mean ± standard deviation): tai chi: 47.09 ± 2.3 years, control: 49.4 ± 5.0 years
Country of publication: China
Interventions Participants were randomly assigned to control or tai chi
Tai chi (n = 25): morning exercise with taijiquan practitioners in the park. Practised taijiquan weekly for > 14 hours for 8.6‐14.7 months
Control (n = 11): no sports activities
Follow‐up: 16 weeks
Outcomes Lipids
Notes This article was translated and data abstracted by 1 author (MS) who speaks Chinese. Only follow‐up data for low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol was reported with no baseline values provided. No contact details were given
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk No information provided
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk No information provided
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No information provided
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No information provided
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No information provided
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk No information provided
Other bias Unclear risk No information provided

DBP: diastolic blood pressure; RCT: randomised controlled trial; SBP: systolic blood pressure.