Table 4.
Comparison of the symptoms disappearance rate or time between integrated Chinese and Western medicine.
| Outcome measure | No. of studies | Samples |
Statistical method | Effect estimate | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Events/Intervention | Events/Control | |||||
| Fever disappearance rate | 4 | 324 | 157/181 | 97/143 | RR (Random) 95%CI | 1.320(1.048,1.663) | 0.018 |
| Cough disappearance rate | 4 | 283 | 113/157 | 55/126 | RR (Random) 95%CI | 1.590(1.122,2.253) | 0.009 |
| Expectoration disappearance rate | 3 | 126 | 49/68 | 16/58 | RR (Random) 95%CI | 2.549(1.390,4.678) | 0.003 |
| Fatigue disappearance rate | 3 | 175 | 69/101 | 30/74 | RR (Random) 95%CI | 1.532(1.137,2.065) | 0.005 |
| Myalgia disappearance rate | 3 | 63 | 24/33 | 12/30 | RR (Random) 95%CI | 1.783(0.812,3.913) | 0.149 |
| Chest tightness disappearance rate | 3 | 81 | 25/36 | 11/45 | RR (Random) 95%CI | 2.587(1.506,4.444) | 0.001 |
| Nausea disappearance rate | 3 | 38 | 16/23 | 9/15 | RR (Random) 95%CI | 1.132(0.717,1.787) | 0.596 |
| Anorexia disappearance rate | 2 | 57 | 12/19 | 4/38 | RR (Random) 95%CI | 5.043(1.116,22.783) | 0.035 |
| Diarrhea disappearance rate | 3 | 38 | 9/22 | 12/16 | RR (Random) 95%CI | 0.681(0.199,2.332) | 0.541 |
| Fever disappearance time | 5 | 425 | WMD (Random) 95%CI | −1.319(-1.842,-0.796) | 0.000 | ||
| Cough disappearance time | 3 | 307 | WMD (Random) 95%CI | −0.993(-2.397,-0.532) | 0.212 | ||
| Fatigue disappearance time | 3 | 301 | WMD (Random) 95%CI | −1.129(-2.221,-0.037) | 0.043 | ||
| Nasal congestion disappearance time | 2 | 270 | WMD (Random) 95%CI | 0.033(-0.281,0.348) | 0.835 | ||
| Runny nose disappearance time | 2 | 270 | WMD (Random) 95%CI | −0.800(-2.515,0.915) | 0.360 | ||