Table 5.

Effect of Xuefu Zhuyu decoction on depressive symptoms and serum levels of depression-related factors in coronary heart disease patients (x ± SD).

		Placebo	Xuefu Zhuyu	P value	NDp			Dp
					Placebo	Xuefu Zhuyu	P value	Placebo	Xuefu Zhuyu	P value
n					13			17
		15	15		7	6		8	9
HDRS scores	Baseline	7.67 ± 3.46	10.73 ± 5.17	0.442	4.71 ± 1.38	5.83 ± 2.40	0.697	10.25 ± 2.43	14.00 ± 3.64	0.212
	Treatment	5.63 ± 3.01	5.13 ± 3.52	0.861	3.80 ± 1.30	3.83 ± 3.13	0.989	6.29 ± 3.77	6.00 ± 3.67	0.929
	P value	0.132	0.002 ∗		0.274	0.242		0.029 ∗	0.000 ∗∗
Serotonin	Baseline	11.58 ± 3.97	10.41 ± 1.90	0.669	13.59 ± 3.87	11.05 ± 1.93	0.367	11.09 ± 4.21	10.01 ± 1.89	0.505
	Treatment	12.69 ± 2.95	12.40 ± 2.48	0.903	10.59 ± 1.12	11.24 ± 1.78	0.621	13.89 ± 3.04	13.12 ± 2.68	0.759
	P value	0.463	0.031 ∗		0.191	0.872		0.182	0.018 ∗
BDNF	Baseline	378.55 ± 118.75	357.25 ± 96.48	0.821	328.07 ± 155.19	377.69 ± 111.53	0.676	407.40 ± 93.74	344.47 ± 91.46	0.452
	Treatment	443.52 ± 99.95	431.50 ± 166.34	0.920	454.84 ± 113.64	485.83 ± 175.90	0.810	437.06 ± 100.31	397.54 ± 162.26	0.738
	P value	0.180	0.177		0.236	0.279		0.578	0.434

^∗ P < 0.05 and ^∗∗P < 0.001 versus baseline.