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Table 1 Summary of study results

From: In vitro test of external Qigong

Experiment

No. of Qigong Practitioners

No. of Exps.

Mean* CFE Ratio

St Dev*

t-statistic

2-sided p

Qigong/Sham

      

Pilot study

3

4

1.041

0.046

1.845

0.162

Formal study

9

14

1.099

0.167

2.333

0.036

Replication

8

30

1.070

0.534

0.740

0.465

Pooled data

18

48

1.076

0.440

1.238

0.222

Sham/Sham

      

Pilot study

0

4

0.966

0.126

-0.526

0.635

Formal study

0

14

1.037

0.155

0.905

0.382

Replication

0

30

0.955

0.489

-0.491

0.627

Pooled data

0

48

0.979

0.412

-0.347

0.730

  1. *Mean and standard deviation based on logarithmic values.