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 |
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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 |
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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.