Randomized, Double-Blind, and Placebo-Controlled Clinic Report of Intranasal Low-Intensity Laser Therapy on Vascular Diseases

Table 2

Blood viscosity index (mean ± S.E.M).

BV	Treatment group (n)		Verified statistics		Control group (n)		Verified statistics
	Before	After	T	P	Before	After	T	P
BV(l)	8.34±1.91	8.15±1.91	0.545	>0.05	6.54±1.75	7.87±1.99	2.735	<0.05
BV(h)	4.23±0.82	3.94±0.74	2.020	<0.05	3.56±0.65	4.02±1.64	1.428	>0.05
PV	1.23±0.02	1.14±0.22	2.233	<0.05	1.23±0.18	1.23±0.01	—	—
HCT	39.88±7.72	41.66±4.79	1.526	>0.05	37.92±6.04	38.55±6.52	0.388	>0.05
RV(l)	17.35±4.03	15.24±2.82	3.323	<0.01	14.09±3.26	16.88±4.04	2.944	<0.01
RV(h)	6.99±0.75	6.63±0.55	2.120	<0.05	6.27±1.17	7.21±1.54	2.662	<0.05
RBCA	2.15±0.41	1.95±0.24	3.263	<0.01	1.77±0.35	1.92±0.23	1.961	>0.05

BV: blood viscosity, WBV: Whole blood viscosity, PV: plasma viscosity at low shear rate (3/s), RV: redox viscosity, RBCA: red blood cell aggregation, HCT: hematocrit, h: high shear rate at 200/s, l: low shear rate at 3/s.