Updated Meta-Analysis Assessing Effects of Baduanjin on Cardiopulmonary Functions of Patients with Coronary Heart Disease

Table 1

Characteristics of 12 included studies in this meta-analysis.

Study	Type of patients	Follow-up, months	Rehabilitation nursing	Rehabilitation exercise program	n, m/f	Age, years	Course of CHD, years	NYHA
Chen et al.	CHD with PCI	6	Baduanjin	30 min/day, 5 days/week	43, 29/14	60.0 ± 10.9	New-onset	43 I-III
			Control	Maintain original habit of exercise	39, 30/9	61.5 ± 11.5	New-onset	39 I-III
Kang et al.	Stable CHD with CHF	6	Baduanjin + AWT	30 min/day, 5 days/week; AWT as control group	38, 21/17	68.4 ± 5.0	NR	21 II/17 III
			AWT	30–45 min/day, 5 days/week	38, 23/15	69.3 ± 5.3	NR	19 II/19 III
Liang	CHD	1	Baduanjin	30 min/day, 3–4 days/week	40, 22/18	56.4 ± 4.5	4.5 ± 2.3	40 I-II
			Control	Maintain original habit of exercise	40, 23/17	56.6 ± 4.3	4.3 ± 1.8	40 I-II
Liao	CHD with PCI	1	Baduanjin	30 min/day, 3 days/week	20, 12/8	54.6 ± 5.5	6.1 ± 2.4	NR
			Control	Maintain original habit of exercise	20, 11/9	54.8 ± 5.7	5.9 ± 2.3	NR
Ou	CHD with PCI	3	Baduanjin	30–60 min/time, 2 times/day	40, 21/19	52.2 ± 3.4	NR	NR
			Control	Maintain original habit of exercise	40, 22/18	52.0 ± 3.4	NR	NR
Shi et al.	CHD with PCI	3	Baduanjin + ER	15–30 min/day, 2–3 days/week; ER as control group	60, 47/13	58.3 ± 5.8	5.80 ± 2.61	60 I-III
			ER	60 min/day, 2–3 days/week	60, 52/8	58.9 ± 6.5	6.10 ± 2.96	60 I-III
Tang	CHD with PCI	3	Baduanjin	30 min/day, 5 days/week	46, 37/9	60.0 ± 8.7	NR	46 I-II
			Control	Maintain original habit of exercise	47, 38/9	61.4 ± 9.2	NR	47 I-II
Wang et al.	CHD	3	Baduanjin	40 min/day, 5 days/week	32, 34/30#	56.8 ± 12.3	NR	NR
			Control	Maintain original habit of exercise	32	56.8 ± 12.3	NR	NR
Wang et al.	Stable CHD with PCI or CABG	1	Baduanjin	30 min/day, 5–7 days/week	29, 21/8	64.3 ± 5.6	5.49 ± 5.15	3 I/24 II/2 III
			Control	Maintain original habit of exercise	29, 16/13	64.4 ± 6.6	6.11 ± 4.65	5 I/19 II/5 III
Xin	CHD	3	Baduanjin + AT	30 min/day, 3 days/week; AT as control group	44, 17/27	58.3 ± 7.1	4.37 ± 0.88	44 II
			AT	60 min/day, 3 days/week	44, 16/28	57.2 ± 7.2	4.32 ± 0.87	44 II
Xiong et al.	CHD with CHF	3	Baduanjin	30 min/day, 5–7 days/week	33, 20/13	70.3 ± 6.4	NR	33 II-III
			Control	Maintain original habit of exercise	30, 18/12	69.7 ± 7.2	NR	30 II-III
Zhang et al.	CHD with PTCA	0.5	Baduanjin	30 min/day, 7 days/week	43, 28/15	57.4 ± 13.1	New-onset	NR
			Control	Maintain original habit of exercise	41, 30/11	55.0 ± 16.5	New-onset	NR

AT, aerobic training; AWT, aerobic walking training; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; CHD, coronary heart disease, CHF, chronic heart failure; ER, Exercise rehabilitation (, means low intensity aerobic combined resistance exercise); F, female; M, male; NR, not reported; NYHA, The New York Heart Association; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; PTCA, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. #, sample size of male/female patients of total participants.