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

Table 4

Changes of blood pressure during hemodialysis 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)
ΔNadir-pre-SBP (mmHg)	−50.7±39.3	−42.9±23.8	0.053	−24.4±10.1	−20.4±11.0	0.045*	−36.9±30.7	−31.0±21.3	0.006**
ΔNadir-pre-DBP (mmHg)	−17.3±8.8	−16.6±10.0	0.446	−13.2±6.2	−10.4±6.6	0.011*	−15.1±7.7	−13.3±8.8	0.020*
ΔNadir-pre-MAP (mmHg)	−28.4±18.0	−25.4±14.4	0.078	−16.9±7.1	−13.8±7.7	0.015*	−22.4±14.5	−19.3±12.7	0.004**
ΔPost-preSBP (mmHg)	−40.3±39.3	−31.8±24.8	0.020*	−14.1±23.4	−14.7±9.9	0.232	−26.5±34.2	−22.8±20.2	0.011*
ΔPost-preDBP (mmHg)	−12.7±10.1	−12.3±10.3	0.408	−11.0±6.3	−7.8±6.3	0.025*	−11.8±8.2	−10.0±8.6	0.027*
ΔPost-preMAP (mmHg)	−21.9±18.6	−18.8±14.9	0.048*	−12.0±10.3	−10.1±7.1	0.145	−16.7±15.4	−14.2±12.1	0.014*

Values are expressed as means ± SD of the data.
Pre-: prehemodialysis; post-: posthemodialysis; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; MAP: mean arterial pressure;
^∗𝑃<0.05; ^∗∗𝑃<0.01; Δ: changes.