Efficacy and Safety of Maxing Xianchang Su in the Treatment of Functional Constipation: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 12

The comparison of blood glucose and blood lipids contents between the treatment and control groups before and after treatment ( ± s).

Variable	Treatment group	Control group	value
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)
0 weeks	3.18 ± 1.21	3.52 ± 1.74	0.10
2^nd week	3.31 ± 2.07	3.59 ± 1.86	0.31
8^th week	3.28 ± 1.76	3.39 ± 2.46	0.71
Triglyceride (mmol/L)
0 weeks	1.13 ± 0.94	1.06 ± 0.84	0.57
2^nd week	1.21 ± 0.87	1.18 ± 0.79	0.80
8^th week	1.09 ± 0.98	1.12 ± 0.88	0.82
Low density lipoprotein (mmol/L)
0 weeks	1.96 ± 1.51	1.82 ± 1.73	0.54
2^nd week	2.23 ± 1.62	2.01 ± 1.82	0.36
8^th week	2.11 ± 1.71	2.19 ± 1.64	0.73
Blood glucose (mmol/L)
0 weeks	4.54 ± 1.93	4.79 ± 2.01	0.36
2^nd week	4.77 ± 1.74	4.97 ± 1.95	0.44
8^th week	5.05 ± 1.88	4.83 ± 2.17	0.44