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 3

Change in 24-hour albuminuria levels and other relative indicators.

	Week	Treatment group	Control group	value
		()	()
Albu (mg/24 h)	0	85.30 (66.00, 176.30)	90.50 (67.78, 124.68)	0.940
	4	61.50 (49.00, 110.20)	89.00 (61.78, 125.25)	0.086
	8	51.00 (37.00, 90.00)	70.00 (53.00, 100.93)	0.031
	12	41.40 (29.00, 68.00)	47.65 (36.30, 100.53)	0.045
FBG (mmol/L)	0	7.40 (6.70, 7.80)	7.40 (6.80, 7.80)	0.883
	4	6.80 (6.10, 7.50)	7.00 (6.15, 7.60)	0.343
	8	6.90 (6.00, 7.40)	6.80 (5.85, 7.60)	0.899
	12	7.00 (6.30, 7.6)	6.75 (6.10, 7.53)	0.775
2 h PBG (mmol/L)	0	9.52 ± 1.27	9.58 ± 1.05	0.877
	4	9.48 ± 0.28	9.49 ± 0.25	0.988
	8	9.37 ± 0.27	9.45 ± 0.26	0.836
	12	9.28 ± 0.29	9.42 ± 0.34	0.952
TPU (g/24 h)	0	0.20 (0.10, 0.30)	0.20 (0.20, 0.30)	0.943
	4	0.10 (0.10, 0.20)	0.10 (0.10, 0.30)	0.792
	8	0.10 (0.10, 0.20)	0.10 (0.10, 0.20)	0.936
	12	0.10 (0.10, 0.20)	0.10 (0.10, 0.20)	0.633
A/C (mg/mol)	0	20.70 (11.00, 30.50)	19.45 (7.83, 30.63)	0.952
	4	16.30 (8.10, 25.00)	16.10 (6.05, 23.45)	0.724
	8	15.00 (7.20, 20.60)	11.15 (5.40, 20.80)	0.380
	12	10.10 (5.60, 17.00)	8.9 (5.30, 19.23)	0.662

Data are expressed as the mean ± SD for normal distribution. Nonnormally distributed values are presented as median (interquartile range). values represent the treatment group versus the control group. represent versus baseline (week 0), paired -test for normal distribution or Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-rank test for nonnormal distribution. Albu, albuminuria; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; PBG, postprandial blood glucose; TPU, total proteinuria; A/C, urinary albumin to creatinine ratio.