Research Article

Metabolomics Deciphering the Potential Biomarkers of Hengqing I Prescription against Vascular Dementia

Table 1

Effect of Hengqing I on cognitive level of VaD patients.

GroupMMSE scoreHDS scoreADL score
Before treatmentAfter treatmentBefore treatmentAfter treatmentBefore treatmentAfter treatment

HQI22.45 ± 3.3228.48 ± 4.32ab23.48 ± 3.2230.30 ± 3.72ab41.88 ± 9.3876.5 ± 6.72ab
Control23.08 ± 3.1525.52 ± 3.3922.36 ± 3.9527.32 ± 4.843.49 ± 9.1458.49 ± 7.33

Small “a” indicates significant difference compared with that before treatment (). Small “b” indicates significant difference compared with the control group ().