Miao 2009.

Methods	RCT
Participants	Elderly men and women with high blood lipids were recruited. 50 participants were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 arms ‐ qigong or no treatment Inclusion criteria: no clinical diagnosis of endocrine disease and family history, did not participate in regular exercise and were not taking lipid‐lowering drugs. 25 participants were randomly assigned to qigong, and 25 to control of no treatment The study was published in China
Interventions	Qigong group: 50 to 60 minutes of Baduanjin qigong 5 to 7 times per week for 18 months Control group: no treatment Follow‐up: 18 weeks
Outcomes	Lipid levels
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