Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Article

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

Table 3

Comparison of blood pressure measurements during hemodialysis with and without Korean red ginseng treatment.


	Group A (HTN)		value	Group B (non-HTN)		value
	Phase I (−KRG)	Phase II (+KRG)	value	Phase I (−KRG)	Phase II (+KRG)	value

Pre- SBP (mmHg)			0.231			0.332
Pre-DBP (mmHg)			0.931			0.279
Pre-MAP (mmHg)			0.327			0.218
Nadir SBP (mmHg)			0.184			0.045^a
Nadir DBP (mmHg)			0.338			0.341
Nadir MAP (mmHg)			0.231			0.296
Post-SBP (mmHg)			0.053			0.305
Post-DBP (mmHg)			0.396			0.135
Post-MAP (mmHg)			0.248			0.284

Values are expressed as means ± SD of the data; KRG: Korean red ginseng; pre-: prehemodialysis; post-: posthemodialysis; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; MAP: mean arterial pressure; .