[Retracted] Assessment of Acupoint Therapy of Traditional Chinese Medicine on Cough Variant Asthma: A Meta-analysis

Table 4

Analysis of the lung function index FEV1 which shows statistically significant differences among subgroups.

Study or subgroup	Mean	Experimental		Mean	Control		Weight	Mean difference
		SD	Total		SD	Total		IV, random, 95% CI
1.3.1
Ma Ying 2018	1.39	0.11	66	1.12	0.12	66	29.0%	0.27 [0.23, 0.31]
Ye Jianlin 2017	2.6	0.43	90	2.2	0.36	90	23.2%	0.40 [0.28, 0.52]
Yu Tong 2017	1.77	0.43	41	1.54	0.47	40	16.3%	0.23 [0.03, 0.43]
Zhao Qi 2018	3.32	0.62	42	3.05	0.58	42	12.3%	0.27 [0.01, 0.53]
Subtotal total (95% CI)			239			238	80.8%	0.30 [0.22, 0.37]
Heterogeneity: ; ; (); Test for overall effect: ()
1.3.2
Li Qiaoxiang 2017	3.22	0.43	60	2.65	0.47	60	19.2%	0.57 [0.41, 0.73]
Subtotal Total (95% CI)			60			60	19.2%	0.57 [0.41, 0.73]
Heterogeneity: not applicable; Test for overall effect: ()
Total (95% CI)			299			298	100%	0.35 [0.23, 0.47]

Heterogeneity: ; ; (); . Test for overall effect: (). Test for subgroup difference: ; (); .