Royal Jelly Increases Hematopoietic Stem Cells in Peripheral Blood: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Trial in Healthy Subjects

Table 2

The effects of RJ on hematopoietic stem cell count in peripheral blood.

Parameters		Placebo (mean ± SD) n = 42	RJ (mean ± SD) n = 42	value student’s t-test
Hematopoietic stem cells, count/mL	Baseline	620.7 ± 286.5	619.5 ± 263.1	0.983
	Week4	545.1 ± 217.8	642.7 ± 262.2	0.065
	Change	−75.6 ± 258.8	23.2 ± 295.1	0.103
	value paired t-test	0.065	0.605

Values are mean ± SD. values compared with baseline by paired t-test or placebo using student’s t-test.