Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus With Obesity and Dyslipidemia Treated by Chinese Herbal Medicine

Launched by GUANG'ANMEN HOSPITAL OF CHINA ACADEMY OF CHINESE MEDICAL SCIENCES · Sep 29, 2021

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The diagnostic criteria for type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity are based on the Guideline for the prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus in China (2020 edition). The diagnostic criteria of dyslipidaemia are based on the Chinese Guidelines on Prevention and Treatment of Dyslipidaemia in Adults (2016, revision edition).

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Meet at least three of the requirements below; 1) Fasting Plasma Glucose \> 6.1 mmol/L or 2-hour Postprandial Blood Glucose \> 7.8 mmol/L or diagnosed as type 2 diabetes mellitus; 2) Body Mass Index \> 25 kg / m2; 3) Total Cholesterol \> 5.2 mmol / L; Or Triglyceride \> 1.70 mmol / L; Or Low-Density Lipoprotein \> 3.12 mmol / L; Or High-Density Lipoprotein \< 1.04 mmol/L. 4) Systolic blood pressure \> 130 mmHg or Diastolic blood pressure \> 85 mmHg or diagnosed as hypertension;
• • 2. Received 6 months of continuous Chinese herbal medicine treatment;
• • 3. During the period of receiving Chinese herbal medicine, the patients continued to take western medicine according to the doctor's advice as before.
• • 4. During the period of receiving Chinese herbal medicine, diet and exercise continued according to the original routine, and the tests would be reviewed in the same institution.
• • 5. Aged 18 to 80 years at the time of their consent;
• • 6. Signed informed consent.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Patients who had serious heart, lung, liver, kidney and brain diseases; serious infectious or hemorrhagic diseases; serious nervous system diseases, mental instability; or could not cooperate with treatment were excluded.