Kuang 1986.

Methods	RCT
Participants	204 participants with hypertension were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 arms ‐ qigong and antihypertensives or control with antihypertensive drugs only. 104 participants were randomly assigned to qigong plus antihypertensive drugs, and 100 were randomly assigned to control This study was published in China
Interventions	Qigong group: described as calming the mind and keeping the body loose and in static and dynamic combination. Participants were also given a small dose of an antihypertensive Control group: given a small dose of antihypertensives Follow‐up was originally 6 months but occurred again at 20 years
Outcomes	Blood pressure, CVD death and all‐cause mortality
Notes	Article was translated by MSL and was checked by JSWK
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Not stated
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Not stated
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Not stated
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Not stated
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Information was insufficient for judgement
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Unclear risk	Information was insufficient for judgement
Other bias	Unclear risk	Information was insufficient for judgement