Fructus Mume Formula in the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial

Table 2

Demographic and baseline characteristics of the FAS population of the two groups of patients.

Characteristic	FM group	Metformin group	𝑃 value
Sex
male	25	14	0.025
female	16	25
Age (years)	54.37±8.89	54.77±11.83	0.864
Diabetes duration (months)	16.41±21.15	14.34±27.20	0.703
Body weight (Kg)	64.76±11.85	60.79±7.39	0.085
BMI (Kg/m^2)	24.31±4.34	24.04±2.85	0.757
SBP (mmHg)	118.59±11.02	121.31±13.12	0.335
DBP (mmHg)	79.85±7.42	78.57±8.02	0.48
TC (mmol/L)	4.90±1.01	4.59±1.33	0.286
TG (mmol/L)	2.53±3.48	2.37±2.48	0.832
HDL (μmol/L)	1.68±0.54	1.57±1.20	0.630
LDL (μmol/L)	3.03±0.94	3.06±0.91	0.898
HbA1c (%)	7.66±1.11	8.23±1.95	0.352
FPG (mmol/L)	7.871±1.461	7.494±1.544	0.266
2hPG (mmol/L)	15.182±2.715	14.006±3.061	0.073
Insulin concentration (mU/L)	8.65±5.60	6.89±3.90	0.416