From: Thoracic perfusion of matrine as an adjuvant treatment improves the control of the malignant pleural effusions
Matrine combined with other medications (months)
Other medications alone (months)
T-value
95 % CI
p value
Yunfang et al. [15]
16.4
8.2
T = 4.025
1.862 to 10.14
0.015
Daiju and Xiaodong [19]
15.98
10.06
df = 3
Liangfa et al. [11]
12.00
7.00
Mean ± SD
14.33 ± 1.20
8.33 ± 0.88
