Effect of Jingqian Zhitong Fang on Serum Sex Hormone Levels in Women with Primary Dysmenorrhea

Table 3

Comparison of serum sex hormone levels in women with primary dysmenorrhea after JQF treatment and follow-up (𝜒²±𝑆).

	PRL (ng/mL)	FSH (mIU/mL)	LH (mIU/mL)	TEST (ng/mL)	PROG (ng/mL)	E2 (ng/mL)
Controls (𝑛=30)	13.93±2.65	3.71±0.64	6.64±1.69	0.91±0.16	1.14±2.06	70.00±13.57
J dysmenorrhea (𝑛=30)	19.70±4.09^##	3.68±0.67	8.05±3.64^#	1.33±0.23^##	0.58±0.20	99.80±25.80^##
J one cycle (𝑛=30)	15.75±1.26 **	3.95±0.70	6.86±3.06	1.01±0.20 **	0.77±0.41 *	67.85±11.72 **
J three cycles (𝑛=19)	13.58±2.24 **	3.78±0.36	5.99±0.90 *	0.89±0.12 **	1.02±0.46 *	69.05±8.40 **
J follow-up (𝑛=17)	12.90±2.41 **	3.87±0.51	6.00±1.30 *	0.87±0.15 **	1.04±0.44 **	68.23±11.07 **
W dysmenorrhea (𝑛=30)	21.56±2.88^##	4.31±0.82	9.74±2.42^#	1.34±0.16^##	0.56±0.19	104±18.90^##
W one cycle (𝑛=30)	19.13±0.99 *	3.93±0.37	6.61±1.28 **	0.92±0.11 **	0.73±0.16	85.75±9.39 **
W three cycles (𝑛=20)	18.6±0.89 *	4.02±0.45	6.2±0.77 **	0.89±0.08 **	0.8±0.13	86.57±9.28 *
W follow-up (𝑛=20)	19.27±1.40 *	3.74±0.60	7.10±0.60	1.02±0.30 **	0.71±0.24	89.00±4.76

“W” stands for the Western medicine treatment group; “J” stands for the JQF treatment group.
Comparison of women with dysmenorrhea treated for the first and third cycles and the follow-up group, **𝑃<0.01, *𝑃<0.05.
Comparison of women with dysmenorrhea with women in the volunteer group, before treatment ^##𝑃<0.01, ^#𝑃<0.05.