Effect of auricular plaster for primary hypertension in older people: A meta-analysis

Table 1 Characteristics of eligible studies

Ref.	Study design	Treatment		No. of patients		Gender (M/F)		Age		Intervention time	Primary outcome
		Test	Control	Test	Control	Test	Control	Test	Control
Ji et al[23]	RCT	Auricular plaster + Nifedipine	Nifedipine	32	32	17/15	16/16	66.06 ± 4.39	66.16 ± 4.22	3 mo	2, 3
Zhou et al[32]	RCT	Auricular plaster + Candesartan Cilexetil	Candesartan Cilexetil	40	40	24/16	21/19	65.78 ± 9.95	66.12 ± 8.57	2 wk	1, 2, 3
Huang et al[28]	RCT	Auricular plaster + Levamlodipine besylate	Levamlodipine besylate	30	30	17/13	19/11	60-85	60-85	15 d	1, 2, 3
Wu et al[29]	RCT	Auricular plaster + Conventional drugs	Conventional drugs	41	41	23/18	21/20	60-70	60-70	6 wk	1, 2, 3
Zhou et al[31]	RCT	Auricular plaster + Nifedipine	Nifedipine	30	30	16/14	14/16	63.21 ± 12.25	63.55 ± 11.74	4 wk	1, 2, 3
Lin et al[26]	RCT	Auricular plaster + Levamlodipine besylate	Levamlodipine besylate	30	30	16/14	14/16	66.73 ± 6.81	67.6 ± 7.51	4 wk	1, 4
Zhou et al[33]	RCT	Auricular plaster + Conventional drugs	Conventional drugs	30	30	21/9	19/11	62-83	62-83	3 mo	1, 2, 3, 4
Zhang et al[21]	RCT	Auricular plaster + Amlodipine besylate	Amlodipine besylate	20	20	9/11	12/8	63.4 ± 5.2	64.8 ± 4.7	2 wk	1, 2, 3
Jiang et al[34]	RCT	Auricular plaster + Nifedipine	Nifedipine	54	54	30/24	31/23	65.8 ± 7.3	64.1 ± 7.2	4 wk	1, 2, 3, 4
Yu et al[25]	RCT	Auricular plaster + Nifedipine	Nifedipine	87	79	39/48	37/42	68.1 ± 10.7	71.1 ± 8.0	5 mo	1, 2, 3
Zhang et al[24]	RCT	Auricular plaster + Propranolol	Propranolol	43	43	25/18	27/16	63.02 ± 8.33	62.13 ± 7.96	15 d	2, 3
Lu et al[27]	RCT	Auricular plaster + Conventional drugs	Conventional drugs	50	50	26/24	27/23	60.26 ± 6.73	61.35 ± 6.56	3 wk	1, 2, 3
Zou et al[30]	RCT	Auricular plaster + Levamlodipine besylate	Levamlodipine besylate	20	20	12/8	14/6	62.6 ± 10.3	62.9 ± 10.5	4 wk	1, 2, 3
Yu et al[22]	RCT	Auricular plaster + Amlodipine besylate	Amlodipine besylate	41	41	24/17	26/15	66.4 ± 3.4	67.1 ± 3.7	8 wk	1, 2, 3, 4

1: Effective ratio; 2: DBP change; 3: SBP change; 4: Symptom score, RCT: Randomized control trail.