Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Article

Study on the Intervention Effect of Qi Gong Wan Prescription on Patients with Phlegm-Dampness Syndrome of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Based on Intestinal Flora

Table 1

Anthropometric and metabolic parameters of all participants.


Characteristics	PCOS with phlegm-dampness group (n = 20)	PCOS with nonphlegm-dampness group (n = 20)	Control group (n = 20)	value
Characteristics	PCOS with phlegm-dampness group (n = 20)	PCOS with nonphlegm-dampness group (n = 20)	Control group (n = 20)

Age (years)	30.15 ± 3.51	28.85 ± 3.41	29.45 ± 3.61		NS
BMI (kg/m²)	32.23 ± 5.06	22.0 ± 2.17	22.49 ± 3.31	<0.001	<0.001	1.0
Waist circumference (cm)	88.8 ± 6.16	73.5 ± 4.45	71.25 ± 5.09	<0.001	<0.001	0.183
Hip circumference (cm)	99.9 ± 2.65	96.5 ± 2.46	95.75 ± 1.83	<0.001	<0.001	0.315
WHR	0.89 ± 0.04	0.76 ± 0.04	0.74 ± 0.04	<0.001	<0.001	0.162
FPG (mmol/L)	5.8 ± 0.5	5.39 ± 0.57	5.33 ± 0.45	0.014	0.005	0.711
FINS (uU/mL)	22.66 ± 10.66	11.68 ± 5.36	8.78 ± 4.72	0.006	<0.001	0.346
HOMA-IR	5.94 ± 3.02	2.83 ± 1.45	2.08 ± 1.16	0.004	<0.001	0.355
FSH (mIU/mL)	6.59 ± 1.27	6.93 ± 0.69	7.06 ± 0.77		NS
LH (mIU/mL)	10.77 ± 3.15	12.97 ± 2.27	5.61 ± 1.04	0.409	<0.001	<0.001
LH: FSH ratio	1.66 ± 0.49	1.89 ± 0.35	0.8 ± 0.18	0.558	<0.001	<0.001
Estradiol (pg/mL)	43.2 ± 9.4	38.4 ± 8.31	38.7 ± 8.46		NS
Progesterone (ng/mL)	0.46 ± 0.22	0.36 ± 0.21	0.46 ± 0.18		NS
Prolactin (ng/mL)	11.45 ± 6.62	10.56 ± 5.65	11.88 ± 5.2		NS
Testosterone (ng/mL)	0.74 ± 0.24	0.61 ± 0.26	0.4 ± 0.14	0.219	<0.001	0.017

Data are presented as mean ± SD. Abbreviations: PCOS, polycystic ovary syndrome; BMI, body mass index; WHR, waist-to-hip ratio; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; FINS, fasting plasma insulin; HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; FSH, follicular stimulating hormone; LH, luteinizing hormone; , PCOS with phlegm-dampness group vs. PCOS with nonphlegm-dampness group; , PCOS with phlegm-dampness group vs. control group; , PCOS with nonphlegm-dampness group vs. control group. NS: there was no significant difference among the three groups, > 0.05; the difference was statistically significant, < 0.05. There is a significant difference between the two groups (＜0.05); difference is highly significant (＜0.01).