Table 2.

Summary of meta-analyses of the efficacy of TCM medicinal formulae.

Outcomes	Cases	Effect Size (95%CI)	P value
Effective rate	1582	2.60 (1.99, 3.41)	<0.0001
Fever disappearance rate	395	3.68 (1.95,6.96)	<0.0001
Fatigue disappearance rate	393	2.79 (1.65, 4.71)	0.0001
Cough disappearance rate	564	2.81 (1.88, 4.22)	<0.0001
Expectoration disappearance rate	93	5.94 (1.98, 17.84)	0.0010
Disappearance rate of the shortness of breath	114	2.57 (1.13, 5.80)	0.0200
CT image improvement rate	1550	2.48 (1.94, 3.18)	<0.0001
Rate of deterioration	1208	0.44 (0.27, 0.69)	0.0005
Hospitalization time	301	−3.16 (−3.75, −2.56)	<0.0001
Fever disappearance time	292	−1.28 (−2.00, −0.56)	0.0005
Fatigue disappearance time	242	−0.84 (−0.97, −0.72)	<0.0001
White blood cells count	1064	0.30 (0.03, 0.57)	0.0300
Lymphocyte count	626	0.32 (0.07, 0.57)	0.0100
TCM syndrome scale score	571	−1.22 (−1.87, −0.57)	0.0002