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Table 3 Post-treatment total cholesterol levels (mmol/L) in randomized controlled trials

From: Chinese red yeast rice (Monascus purpureus) for primary hyperlipidemia: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Interventions

No. of trials [references]

No. of participants

Weighted mean difference (95% confidence interval)

P value

RYR vs. no intervention/placebo

    

Zhibituo vs. no intervention

2 [22, 23]

112

-1.27 (-1.50 to -1.05)

< 0.00001

RYR supplement vs. placebo

1 [7]

83

-1.04 (-1.41 to -0.67)

< 0.00001

Xuezhikang vs. placebo

4 [8, 24–26]

323

-1.04 (-1.46 to -0.62)*

< 0.00001

Zhibituo vs. placebo

3 [27–29]

283

-0.80 (-1.03 to -0.57)

< 0.00001

RYR vs. statins

    

Xuezhikang vs. simvastatin

15 [6, 30–43]

1455

0.05 (-0.27 to 0.37)*

0.76

Xuezhikang vs. pravastatin

7 [44–50]

594

- 0.20 (- 0.47 to 0.06)*

0.14

Xuezhikang vs. lovastatin

3 [51–53]

174

-0.05 (-0.27 to 0.18)

0.69

Xuezhikang vs. atorvastatin

1 [54]

60

-0.16 (-0.58 to 0.26)

0.46

Xuezhikang vs. fluvastatin

1 [55]

118

0.48 (0.24 to 0.72)

0.0001

Zhibituo vs. simvastatin

9 [32, 56–63]

728

0.11 (-0.03 to 0.25)

0.14

Zhibituo vs. provastatin

1 [22]

62

0.05 (-0.20 to 0.30)

0.70

Zhibituo vs. lovastatin

1 [57]

45

-0.11 (-0.48 to 0.26)

0.56

RYR vs. non-statin drugs

    

Xuezhikang vs. inositol nicotinate

7 [65–71]

624

-0.56 (-0.81 to -0.31)*

< 0.0001

Xuezhikang vs. fenofibrate

5 [32, 73–76]

337

-0.13 (-0.46 to 0.20)*

0.44

Xuezhikang vs. gemfibrozil

3 [77–79]

156

-0.43 (-1.52 to 0.65)*

0.43

Xuezhikang vs. fish oils

2 [80, 81]

116

-0.81 (-1.11 to -0.50)

< 0.00001

Xuezhikang vs. alginic sodium diester

1 [84]

60

-1.08 (-1.38 to -0.78)

< 0.00001

Xuezhikang vs. conjugated estrogens

1 [85]

44

-0.87 (-1.20 to -0.54)

< 0.00001

Xuezhikang vs. elastase

1 [86]

107

-0.10 (-0.49 to 0.29)

0.61

Xuezhikang vs. biphenalbid

1 [87]

64

0.12 (-0.31 to 0.55)

0.59

Zhibituo vs. inositol nicotinate

8 [88–95]

608

-0.73 (-1.13 to -0.33)*

0.0004

Zhibituo vs. fish oils

6 [97–102]

491

-0.76 (-1.04 to -0.49)*

< 0.00001

Zhibituo vs. fenofibrate

2 [32, 104]

248

0.31 (0.04 to 0.59)

0.02

RYR versus RYR

    

Xuezhikang vs. Zhibituo

7 [32, 106–111]

701

-0.03 (-0.25 to 0.20)*

0.82

  1. * Random effects model