Appendix 10. Matrix of study endpoints (part 3).

Character- istic	Quan SL, 2008	Tian X, 2007	Wang DG 2003	Wang WH, 2006	Wang XL, 2004	Xu CB, 2000	Xu SG, 2002	Zhang G, 2005
Intervention (s)& control (s)	I: Xuezhikang C: simvastatin	I: Xiaozhiling (herb mixture) C: simvastatin	I: Xuezhikang C: pravastatin	I: Xuezhikang C: atorvas- tatin	I: Xuezhikang C: simvastatin	I: Xuezhikang C: pravastatin	I: Xuezhikang C1: lovastatin	I: Xuezhikang C: atorvas- tatin
Primary1 endpoint(s)	./.	./.	./.	./.	./.	./.	./.	./.
Secondary2 endpoint(s)	./.	./.	./.	./.	./.	./.	./.	./.
Other3 end- point(s)	TC, TG,HDL- C, LDL-C, liver func- tion, renal function, CK, blood sugar, blood and urine rou- tine check, and electrocar- diogram	TC, TG, HDL- C, LDL-C, blood pres- sure, weight, nutrition, liver func- tion, renal function, electrocar- dio- gram, blood routine, urine rou- tine, stoop routine.	TC, LDL- C, TG, HDL-C	TC, HDL- C, LDL-C, liver function, renal func- tion, creatine, glucose, glucose, blood rou- tine, urine rou- tine, electro- cardiogram	TC, HDL- C, LDL-C.	TC, TG, HDL- C, LDL-C, LDL-C/ HDL-C(L/ H), and TC-HDL- C/HDL-C, ALT, ALP, AST, CPK, crea- tine kinase, BUN, blood glu- cose, routine blood, urine testing	TC, TG, HDL- C, LDL-C, blood sugar, SGPT, CPK, blood and urine rou- tine check, physical ex- amine, and electrocar- diogram	TC, TG, LDL-C, HDL-C, fasting glu- cose, blood urea nitrogen, ALT, elec- trocardio- gram, blood routine, creatine ki- nase, creati- nine.

Footnotes

¹as stated in the publication

²as stated in the publication

³not stated as primary or secondary endpoint(s) in the publication

./.: not reported

ALT: alanine aminotransferase; BUN: urea nitrogen; C: control; CPK: creatine phosphokinase, HDL-C: high density lipoprotein cholesterol; I: intervention; LDL-C: low density lipoprotein cholesterol; TC: total cholesterol.