Table 6.
Effect of Xuefu Zhuyu decoction on traditional Chinese medicine “chest stuffiness and heartache syndrome” 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 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 17 | ||||||
| 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese medicine syndrome scores | Baseline | 11.67 ± 4.81 | 13.07 ± 5.97 | 0.625 | 9.43 ± 4.03 | 8.17 ± 3.19 | 0.081 | 13.63 ± 4.78 | 16.33 ± 5.10 | 0.278 |
| Treatment | 6.08 ± 4.01 | 5.53 ± 4.36 | 0.269 | 4.60 ± 1.14 | 4.33 ± 2.94 | 0.239 | 7.14 ± 5.05 | 6.33 ± 5.10 | 0.756 | |
| P value | 0.552 | 0.369 | 0.302 | 0.840 | 0.972 | 0.031 ∗ | ||||
| Efficacy index (%) | 47.90 | 57.69 | 51.22 | 47.00 | 47.61 | 61.24 | ||||
| Curative effect | Effective | Effective | Effective | Effective | Effective | Effective | ||||
∗ P < 0.05 versus baseline.