Frontiers in Physiology

Exercise patterns and atherosclerosis: a network meta-analysis based on randomized controlled trials

By Cheng Xu, Shuxin Yan, Yuxin Liu, Yan Sun

Figure 1. Document screening process and results. — Figure 1. Document screening process and results.Document screening process and results.Xu et al.

Meta-analysis of randomised trialsInterventions

Preregistered CRD420261412964, declared no competing interests

The paper

Cheng Xu, Shuxin Yan, Yuxin Liu, Yan Sun

Beijing University of Chinese Medicine

Frontiers in Physiology, 18 Aug 2026

doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2026.1911464 PubMed 42682396

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