title: Clinical observations on the dose-effect relationship of gegen qin lian decoction on 54 out-patients with type 2 diabetes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the therapeutic effect of different dosages of Gegen Qin Lian Decoction on type 2 diabetic patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-four type 2 diabetic patients from low dosage group (20 cases), medium dosage group (19 cases) and high dosage group (15 cases) were treated with different dosage of Gegen Qin Lian Decoction for 12 weeks. Fasting blood-glucose (FBG), postprandial blood sugar (PBG) and Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) were determined before and after treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  With the increase of dosage, the overall effective rate of glycaemic control increased, and FBG, PBG HbA1c decreased. The overall effective rate of blood glucose control of high dosage, medium dosage and low dosage group were 80%, 47%, 30% respectively, and there were significant differences between high dosage group and low dosage group. The decrease of FBG, PBG and HbA1c of high dosage showed significant differences from low dosage too. These data was analyzed by trend chi2 test and covariance analysis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The result indicated that different dosage of Gegen Qin Lian Decoction has dose-effect relationship in reducing HbA1c and FBG.
authors.affiliation: Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100053, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Lin
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: Lin-Hua
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Feng-Mei
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Lian
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Le
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Jia-Cheng
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xin-Yan
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hang-Yu
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Ji
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010045:Outpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin