Table 3.

Forest Plot of the Cumulative Weighted Mean Effects for Blood Pressure Based on Start Date of Data Collection.

				Cumulative Statistics
Study Citation	Outcome	N	Date	Point	SE	Variance	95% CI		Cumulative d+ (95% CI)
							Lower	Upper
Schneider et al. (1995)	SBP	74	1989	0.9716	0.2501	0.0626	0.4814	1.4618
Kondwani et al. (2005)	SBP	34	1992	0.3556	0.6414	0.4114	−0.9015	1.6126
Calderon (2000)	SBP	71	1995	0.1503	0.4417	0.1951	−0.7155	1.0160
Schneider et al. (2012)	SBP	183	1998	0.2349	0.2733	0.0747	−0.3008	0.7705
Paul-Labrador et al. (2006)	SBP	84	1999	0.2715	0.2075	0.0430	−0.1351	0.6781
Schneider et al. (2005)	SBP	98	1999†	0.2636	0.1668	0.0278	−0.0633	0.5905
MM				0.2636	0.1668	0.0278	−0.0633	0.5905
ML				0.2673	0.1547	0.0239	−0.0358	0.5704
Schneider et al. (1995)	DBP	74	1989	0.8427	0.2466	0.0608	0.3594	1.3260
Kondwani et al. (2005)	DBP	34	1992	0.6326	0.2653	0.0704	0.1127	1.1525
Calderon (2000)	DBP	71	1995	0.3134	0.3419	0.1169	−0.3567	0.9835
Schneider et al. (2012)	DBP	183	1998	0.2904	0.2071	0.0429	−0.1154	0.6962
Paul-Labrador et al. (2006)	DBP	84	1999	0.2429	0.1622	0.0263	−0.0751	0.5609
Schneider et al. (2005)	DBP	98	1999†	0.2837	0.1361	0.0185	0.0170	0.5504
			MM	0.2837	0.1361	0.0185	0.0170	0.5504
			ML	0.2848	0.1571	0.0247	−0.0231	0.5926

Note. The cumulative weighted mean effect sizes are calculated using random-effects models with methods of moments (MM) or full information maximum likelihood (ML) to estimate the between-study variance. Weighted mean effect sizes (d₊) are positive for differences that favor the transcendental meditation (TM) group relative to controls. Date refers to the year data collection commenced. d₊, weighted mean effect size; SE, standard error; CI, confidence interval; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure.

^†The start and end dates for the study trial were not provided and therefore we used the start date of the study funding period.