Cochrane · systematic review · CD009560

Chinese herbal medicines for hypertriglyceridaemia

Liu, ZL, Li, GQ, Bensoussan, A, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2013 · Cochrane Library

Metabolic and Endocrine DisordersAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
6
current version
GRADE rated
1
No studies
5
Included studies
NR
No studies 5 · 83.3%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 1 · 16.7%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.

Questions and results

Chinese herbal medicines for hypertriglyceridaemia

Population: participants with hypertriglyceridaemia
6 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Death from any cause
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Cardiovascular or cerebrovascular events
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Adverse events [
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Health‐related quality of life
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Costs
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Serum triglyceride concentrations (mmol/L) [
no estimate extracted1 study · 60 participantsVery low
Downgraded: inconsistency, indirectness