Table 2.
Sensitivity analysis.
| Outcomes | Studies | EG | CG | MD | P-value | Study heterogeneity | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| no. | no. | no. | (95% CI) | df | I2, % | P-value | ||||
| SECONDARY OUTCOMES | ||||||||||
| BMD | 5 | 201 | 166 | 0.03 | 0.08 | <0.001 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 | 0.73 |
| MMP-3 | 4 | 199 | 193 | −11.43 | −10.5 | <0.0001 | 5090.63 | 4 | 100 | <0.00001 |
Experimental: the group of Chinese Medicines; Control: the group of Western Medicines; CI, confidence interval.