| Methods | Parallel randomised controlled trial |
| Participants | SETTING: Outpatients at Guangxi TCM College Affiliated No.1 Hospital, China |
| WHO PARTICIPATED: 45 (M/F 21/24; 23 in the treatment group, age 54.6 yrs; 22 in the control, age 57.45 yrs) | |
| INCLUSION CRITERIA: IGT diagnosed by WHO criteria (WHO 1999) | |
| EXCLUSION CRITERIA: <35 yrs, BMI <19 kg/m, serious liver or kidney disorders, hypertension, IGT induced by other organic diseases, drugs or stress. | |
| CO-MORBIDITIES: none reported | |
| CO-MEDICATIONS: none reported | |
| Interventions | INTERVENTION: Jiangtang bushen tang (gou qi 10g, chuan duan xu 10g, nu zhen zi 15g, han lian cao 15g, di gu pi 15g, sheng huang qi 15g, sheng di huang 15g, ge gen 12g, huang lian 5g, sang bai pi 10g, zhi mu 6g) plus diet and exercise; Dosage: 1 decoction every two days |
| CONTROL: lifestyle modification | |
| Outcomes | FBG (mmol/L), 2hr-GTT (mmol/L), Triglycerides (mmol/L), total cholesterol (mmol/L), BMI (kg/m2), fasting insulin (mmol/L), TCM symptoms; |
| Outcomes assessed at baseline, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months. | |
| Study details | DURATION OF INTERVENTION: 12 months |
| DURATION OF FOLLOW-UP: 12 months | |
| RUN-IN PERIOD: none | |
| Publication details | LANGUAGE OF PUBLICATION: Chinese |
| COMMERCIAL FUNDING: No | |
| NON-COMMERCIAL FUNDING: Not reported | |
| PUBLICATION STATUS (PEER REVIEW JOURNAL): Yes | |
| PUBLICATION STATUS (JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT): No | |
| PUBLICATION STATUS (ABSTRACT): Yes | |
| Stated aim of study | “To evaluate the intervention effect of diet, exercise and Jiangtang Bushen Recipe (JBR, a Chinese herbal recipe) in preventing the progress of patients with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) to diabetes mellitus (DM) type 2.” |
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