A Chinese Herbal Preparation Containing Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae, Radix Notoginseng and Borneolum Syntheticum Reduces Circulating Adhesion Molecules

Table 2

Within-groups analysis: CAMs (ICAM 1, VCAM and E-selectin).

		Visit 1	Visit 2	Visit 1	Visit 2	Visit 1	Visit 2
		ICAM-1	ICAM-1	VCAM-1	VCAM-1	E-SEL	E-SEL
DP	Mean	37.1±26.1	33.8±25.8	14.2±10.1	14.0±9.9	33.0±25.3	28.0±25.7
	P (two-tailed t-test)		0.03		0.79		0.004^a
	𝑁=19
Placebo	Mean	30.1±20.6	27.4±21.2	12.0±8.1	11.5±6.8	27.9±16.2	24.8±19.1
	P (two-tailed t-test)		0.36^a		0.97^a		0.37^a
	𝑁=20

E-SEL = E-selectin; ^aWilcoxon Signed Ranks Test; Visit 1—baseline measurements; Visit 2—measurements taken after 12 weeks of study medication.