Korean Red Ginseng Improves Blood Pressure Stability in Patients with Intradialytic Hypotension

Table 5

Comparison of laboratory parameters with and without Korean red ginseng treatment.

	Group A (HTN)		𝑃 value	Group B (non-HTN)		𝑃 value	All		𝑃 value
	Phase I (−KRG)	Phase II (+KRG)		Phase I (−KRG)	Phase II (+KRG)		Phase I (−KRG)	Phase II (+KRG)
Hct (%)	32.5±3.6	33.2±3.3	0.170	33.3±3.2	32.9±3.6	0.537	32.9±3.4	33.0±3.4	0.795
Hb (g/dL)	10.7±1.1	10.8±1.0	0.276	10.6±1.1	10.5±1.2	0.359	10.7±1.1	10.6±1.1	0.849
Ca (mg/dL)	9.7±1.3	9.6±0.8	0.938	10.1±1.1	10.1±1.2	0.618	9.9±1.2	9.8±1.0	0.543
P (mg/dL)	5.0±1.7	5.6±1.9	0.065	4.8±1.0	5.1±1.3	0.360	4.9±1.4	5.3±1.6	0.04*
K (mEq/L)	4.5±1.0	4.5±0.7	0.796	4.3±0.5	4.6±0.7	0.016*	4.4±0.8	4.6±0.7	0.189
BUN (mg/dL)	63.4±22.1	64.3±19.2	0.943	58.0±11.0	62.2±14.9	0.083	60.5±17.2	63.2±16.9	0.186
Cr (mg/dL)	10.1±2.9	10.0±2.7	0.523	11.3±1.9	11.3±2.2	0.985	10.7±2.4	10.7±2.5	0.768
ALT (U/L)	16.2±10.0	14.7±7.7	0.459	15.0±6.2	13.8±3.9	0.599	15.6±8.1	14.2±5.9	0.183

Values are expressed as means ± SD of the data.
Hct: hematocrit; Hb: hemoglobin; Ca: calcium; P: phosphate; K: potassium.
BUN: blood urea nitrogen; Cr: creatinine; ALT: alanine aminotransferase.
^∗𝑃<0.05; ^∗∗𝑃<0.01.