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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 3.
Published in final edited form as: Support Care Cancer. 2009 May 6;18(2):179–187. doi: 10.1007/s00520-009-0642-2

Table 3.

Change from baseline at week 4 (higher numbers are better)

Endpoint Placebo 750mg ginseng ES (%) 1,000mg ginseng ES (%) 2,000mg ginseng ES (%) P value, SD
Vitality subscale 4.1 3.5 −3 13.6 50 10.4 33 0.06, 19
Physical well being −1.0 −0.5 2 2.2 13 7.3 33 0.23, 25
Emotional well being −0.5 −0.5 0 0.0 2 6.9 34 0.12, 22
Mental well being 2.4 −1.0 −15 −6.1 −37 4.7 10 0.06, 23
Spiritual well being 0.0 −3.6 −17 −0.8 −2 5.1 24 0.05, 21
Social activity 4.6 −0.2 −20 8.2 15 2.2 −10 0.10, 24
Sleep 7.4 0.7 −39 5.3 −12 1.4 −51 0.61, 17

ES effect size, SD standard deviation of change from baseline