Effectiveness and Safety of the Korean Medicine Senior Health Promotion Program Using Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture for Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Retrospective Study of 500 Patients in Seoul, Korea

Table 6

Changes in biochemical examination findings.

	Overall (n = 434)			Herbal decoction + acupuncture (n = 368)			Herbal extract + acupuncture (n = 66)
	Pre	Post		Pre	Post		Pre	Post
AST, M ± SD (n)	26.90 ± 8.51 (408)	27.38 ± 9.27 (353)	0.1441	27.25 ± 8.87 (344)	27.66 ± 9.74 (293)	0.2027	25.03 ± 5.95 (64)	26.00 ± 6.37(60)	0.4183
ALT, M ± SD (n)	20.60 ± 9.60 (408)	21.90 ± 11.28 (353)	0.0343	20.97 ± 9.56 (344)	22.19 ± 11.67 (293)	0.1560	18.56 ± 9.66 (64)	20.45 ± 9.03 (60)	0.0289
TB, M ± SD (n)	0.69 ± 0.26 (403)	0.71 ± 0.26 (352)	0.0927	0.70 ± 0.27 (339)	0.71 ± 0.26 (292)	0.3106	0.66 ± 0.22 (64)	0.70 ± 0.26 (60)	0.0644
DB, M ± SD (n)	0.13 ± 0.05 (400)	0.13 ± 0.05 (351)	0.3201	0.13 ± 0.05 (337)	0.13 ± 0.05 (291)	0.0393	0.14 ± 0.08 (63)	0.15 ± 0.08 (63)	0.1421
ALP, M ± SD (n)	84.20 ± 49.13 (404)	87.86 ± 53.84 (353)	0.0016	77.61 ± 40.70 (340)	79.97 ± 43.49 (293)	0.0359	119.17 ± 71.07 (64)	126.42 ± 78.17 (60)	0.0030
GGT, M ± SD (n)	22.67 ± 17.18 (407)	22.84 ± 17.41 (352)	0.9776	22.32 ± 16.41 (343)	22.07 ± 14.62 (292)	0.8947	24.56 ± 20.88 (64)	26.57 ± 27.04 (60)	0.6835
BUN, M ± SD (n)	16.52 ± 4.26 (405)	16.57 ± 4.28 (353)	0.3197	16.55 ± 4.24 (341)	16.40 ± 4.25 (293)	0.7667	16.34 ± 4.36 (64)	17.39 ± 4.36 (60)	0.0633
Creatinine, M ± SD (n)	0.87 ± 0.18 (407)	0.87 ± 0.17 (353)	0.4026	0.87 ± 0.17 (343)	0.86 ± 0.16 (293)	0.9147	0.88 ± 0.22 (64)	0.92 ± 0.20 (60)	0.0446