title: Fufang cangzhu tang for treatment of senile obesity or overweight complicated with impaired glucose tolerance --a clinical observation in 32 cases.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the therapeutic effect of Fufang Cangzhu Tang (Composite Atractylodes Decoction) on senile obesity or overweight with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT).
  
  
  METHODS
  32 cases of senile obesity or overweight with IGT were treated with Composite Atractylodes Decoction, with another 30 cases treated with dimethyldiguanide as the controls. Changes of body weight, waist circumference, hip circumference, waist hip circumference ratio (WHR), glucose tolerance, fast serum insulin and blood lipid before and after treatment were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After treatment, the body weight, waist circumference, hip circumference and WHR, glucose tolerance, fast serum insulin and blood lipid in the Composite Atractylodes Decoction treatment group decreased significantly (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01), with no significant difference as compared with the control group (P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Composite Atractylodes Decoction can obviously decrease the body weight, waist circumference, hip circumference, WHR, glucose tolerance, fast serum insulin and blood lipid in the senile patients with obesity or overweight with impaired glucose tolerance.
authors.affiliation: Liyuan Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430077, China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Yanyuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Qinghua
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D018149:Glucose Intolerance / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D050177:Overweight; D008517:Phytotherapy
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal