Table 2 Mesh meta-analysis results

Taijiquan

Baduanjin

1.18 (0.75, 1.84)

0.83 (0.49, 1.43)

0.43 (0.12, 1.57)

1.34 (0.93, 1.92)

1.6 (0.77, 3.27)

0.88 (0.57, 1.37)

0.91 (0.78, 1.05)

1.17 (0.37, 3.68)

Wuqinxi

–

0.52 (0.13, 2.11)

–

0.77 (0.34, 1.76)

0.83 (0.18, 3.6)

0.67 (0.29, 1.51)

1.13 (0.81, 1.56)

–

Yijinjing

1.42 (0.51, 4.14)

0.64 (0.2, 1.99)

–

1.22 (0.5, 2.95)

1.08 (0.33, 3.54)

0.92 (0.47, 1.85)

0.98 (0.76, 1.28)

–

No traditional exercise intervention

0.49 (0.33, 0.69)*

0.37 (0.24, 0.58)*

0.15 (0.06, 0.42)*

0.76 (0.55, 1.03)

0.73 (0.41, 1.3)

0.65 (0.46, 0.91)*

1.07 (0.94, 1.21)

1.86 (0.81, 4.27)

Baduanjin

Wuqinxi

–

1.59 (0.41, 6.32)

–

1.74 (0.78, 3.88)

1.93 (0.46, 8.21)

1.32 (0.6, 2.92)

0.81 (0.59, 1.1)

–

Yijinjing

1.21 (0.44, 3.43)

0.77 (0.25, 2.31)

–

0.91 (0.39, 2.16)

0.67 (0.22, 2.09)

1.06 (0.54, 2.04)

1.08 (0.85, 1.38)

–

No traditional exercise intervention

0.41 (0.31, 0.55)*

0.45 (0.32, 0.62)*

0.36 (0.16, 0.76)*

0.57 (0.45, 0.72)*

0.46 (0.3, 0.72)*

0.74 (0.56, 0.97)*

1.18 (1.08, 1.29)*

1.6 (0.72, 3.57)

Wuqinxi

Yijinjing

–

1.23 (0.22, 6.75)

–

1.58 (0.51, 4.9)

1.3 (0.23, 7.29)

1.39 (0.54, 3.61)

0.87 (0.6, 1.28)

–

No traditional exercise intervention

–

0.71 (0.19, 2.7)

–

0.98 (0.45, 2.12)

0.89 (0.23, 3.52)

0.97 (0.46, 2.05)

0.95 (0.7, 1.28)

–

Yijinjing

No traditional exercise intervention

0.34 (0.12, 0.89)*

0.58 (0.2, 1.69)

–

0.62 (0.27, 1.42)

0.68 (0.24, 1.92)

0.7 (0.38, 1.26)

1.09 (0.86, 1.37)

–