Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Article

Additive Effect of Qidan Dihuang Grain, a Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Angiotensin Receptor Blockers on Albuminuria Levels in Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy: A Randomized, Parallel-Controlled Trial

Table 2

Patient baseline characteristics.


Characteristic	Treatment group ()	Control group ()	value

Age (y)			0.742
Male sex, no. (%)	24 (51.1)	22 (50)	0.919
BMI (kg/m²)	25.27 ± 2.88	24.70 ± 2.85	0.342
Course of DN (y)	0.10 (0.10, 1.30)	0.20 (0.10, 0.70)	0.627
SBP (mmHg)	131.00 (124.00, 136.00)	133.50 (120.00, 138.00)	0.518
DBP (mmHg)	80.00 (75.00, 85.00)	80.00 (73.00, 85.00)	0.378
Heart rate (bpm)	80.00 (76.00, 85.00)	78.00 (74.25, 82.00)	0.115
Albu (mg/24 h)	85.30 (66.00, 176.30)	90.50 (67.78, 124.68)	0.940
TPU (g/24 h)	0.20 (0.10, 0.30)	0.20 (0.20, 0.30)	0.943
A/C (mg/mol)	20.70 (11.00, 30.50)	19.45 (7.83, 30.63)	0.952
FPG (mmol/L)	7.40 (6.70, 7.80)	7.40 (6.80, 7.80)	0.883
2 h PBG (mmol/L)	9.52 ± 1.27	9.58 ± 1.05	0.877
HbA1c (%)	8.92 ± 1.74	8.78 ± 2.09	0.717
TG (mmol/L)	1.43 (1.15, 2.30)	1.55 (0.95, 2.29)	0.799
TC (mmol/L)	5.06 ± 1.09	5.11 ± 1.02	0.828
LDL (mmol/L)	3.11 ± 0.86	3.06 ± 1.03	0.798
HDL (mmol/L)	1.20 (0.99, 1.49)	1.12 (0.92, 1.64)	0.700
BUN (mmol/L)	5.46 ± 1.86	5.28 ± 1.49	0.605
Scr (μmol/L)	63.00 (56.00, 80.00)	62.00 (55.00, 87.25)	0.694
ALT (μ/L)	18.00 (14.00, 27.00)	19.50 (15.00, 25.75)	0.889
AST (μ/L)	20.00 (15.00, 27.00)	19.5 (16.25, 24.00)	0.769

Data are expressed as the mean ± SD for normal distribution. Nonnormally distributed values are presented as medians (interquartile range). values represent the treatment group versus the control group. BMI, body mass index; DN, diabetic nephropathy; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; Albu, albuminuria; TPU, total proteinuria; A/C, urinary albumin to creatinine ratio; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; PBG, postprandial blood glucose; TG, triglycerides; TC, total cholesterol; LDL, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; Scr, serum creatinine; ALT, alanine transaminase; AST, aspartate transaminase.