A Placebo-Controlled Study on the Treatment of Metabolic Syndrome of Qi Stagnation and Dampness Obstruction Related to Atypical Antipsychotics with Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)

Table 3

Comparison of blood lipids between two groups.

	Study				Control			t
Chol (mmol/L)	BT	5.20	±	1.17	4.88	±	1.02	1.73	0.09
	1^st ME	4.88	±	1.06	4.81	±	0.95	0.40	0.69
	2^nd ME	4.77	±	0.97	4.95	±	1.04	−1.04	0.30
	3^rd ME	4.61	±	0.97	4.74	±	0.88	1.05	0.30
TG (mmol/L)	BT	2.20	±	1.14	2.10	±	1.78	0.40	0.69
	1^st ME	2.24	±	1.39	2.08	±	1.58	0.60	0.55
	2^nd ME	2.22	±	1.27	2.21	±	1.69	0.04	0.97
	3^rd ME	5.61	±	11.44	3.81	±	2.19	1.48	0.14
LDL (mmol/L)	BT	2.48	±	0.97	2.65	±	0.70	−1.24	0.22
	1^st ME	2.88	±	0.88	2.61	±	0.71	2.07	0.04
	2^nd ME	2.82	±	0.89	2.66	±	0.70	1.23	0.22
	3^rd ME	4.61	±	0.97	4.74	±	0.88	−0.81	0.42
HDL (mmol/L)	BT	1.14	±	0.46	1.07	±	0.30	1.22	0.23
	1^st ME	1.16	±	0.46	1.07	±	0.27	1.42	0.16
	2^nd ME	1.16	±	0.52	1.12	±	0.38	0.63	0.53
	3^rd ME	1.97	±	1.11	2.01	±	1.59	−0.17	0.86

Chol = cholesterol; TG = triglyceride; LDL = low-density lipoprotein; HDL = high-density lipoprotein BT = before treatment; and ME = month end.