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Jun-rong WU, Hao-jie CHENG, Jian-pin SHI, et al. β-Glucan Improves Protective Qi Status in Adults with Protective Qi Deficiency—A Randomized,Placebo-Controlled, and Double-Blinded Trial[J]. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine, 2022,28(5):394-402.
Jun-rong WU, Hao-jie CHENG, Jian-pin SHI, 等. β-葡聚糖增强气虚者的正气——一项随机、安慰剂对照和双盲试验[J]. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine, 2022,28(5):394-402. DOI: 10.1007/s11655-021-3444-0.
Jun-rong WU, Hao-jie CHENG, Jian-pin SHI, et al. β-Glucan Improves Protective Qi Status in Adults with Protective Qi Deficiency—A Randomized,Placebo-Controlled, and Double-Blinded Trial[J]. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine, 2022,28(5):394-402. DOI: 10.1007/s11655-021-3444-0.
β-葡聚糖增强气虚者的正气——一项随机、安慰剂对照和双盲试验
摘要
目的:
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中医学说中的正气为在体表循环的抵御外邪的第一道防线
本研究旨在验证β-葡聚糖增强中医正气的假说.
方法:
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纳入 138 名气虚成年人
随机分配接受 β-葡聚糖 (200 mg/日) 或安慰剂
共干预 12 周. 每 2 周通过常规诊断和标准化方案评估参与者的正气状态
比较两组气虚者的严重性评分和风险评分
并监测参与者的免疫和一般健康状况指数
包括上呼吸道感染 (URTI)、唾液分泌 IgA
以及自我报告的身心健康指标 (PROMIS).
结果:
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β-葡聚糖和安慰剂治疗组基线气虚状态未见显著差异
但干预后与安慰剂组比较
β-葡聚糖组的气虚状态呈时间依赖性显著增强. 干预结束时
两组气虚者的严重性评分、风险评分及气虚者占比差异分别为 0.49 (95% CI 0.35-0.62)、0.48 (95% CI 0.35–0.61) 和 0.36 (95% CI 0.25–0.47). 此外
β-葡聚糖将气虚者的URTI 症状、 PROMIS 身体和精神评分分别提高了 1.0 (95% CI 0.21-1.86) 、5.7 (95% CI 2.33–9.07) 和 3.0 (95% CI –0.37–6.37)
显著高于安慰剂组.
结论:
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β-葡聚糖可增强气虚者的正气. 本研究表明通过严格的循证方法证明了西药衍生疗法
如β-葡聚糖
可用于推进中医治疗. (注册号: NCT03782974
ClinicalTrial.Gov)
Abstract
Objective:
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To test the hypothesis that β-glucan enhances protective qi (PQi)
an important Chinese medicine (CM) concept which stipulates that a protective force circulates throughout the body surface and works as the first line of defense against "external pernicious influences".
Methods:
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A total of 138 participants with PQi deficiency (PQD) were randomized to receive β-glucan (200 mg daily) or placebo for 12 weeks. Participants' PQi status was assessed every 2 weeks via conventional diagnosis and a standardized protocol from which a PQD severity and risk score was derived. Indices of participants' immune and general health status were also monitored
including upper respiratory tract infection (URTI)
saliva secretory IgA (sIgA)
and self-reported measures of physical and mental health (PROMIS).
Results:
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PQi status was not significantly different between the β-glucan and placebo treatment groups at baseline but improved significantly in the β-glucan (vs. placebo) group in a time-dependent manner. The intergroup differences [95% confidence interval (CI)] in severity score (scale: 1–5)
risk score (scale: 0-1)
and proportion of PQD participants (%) at finish line was 0.49 (0.35–0.62)
0.48 (0.35–0.61)
and 0.36 (0.25–0.47)
respectively. Additionally
β-glucan improved URTI symptom (scale: 1–9) and PROMIS physical (scale: 16.2–67.7) and mental (scale: 21.2–67.6) scores by a magnitude (95% CI) of 1.0 (0.21–1.86)
5.7 (2.33–9.07)
and 3.0 (–0.37–6.37)
respectively
over placebo.
Conclusions:
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β-Glucan ameliorates PQi in PQD individuals. By using stringent evidence-based methodologies
our study demonstrated that Western medicine-derived remedies
such as β-glucan
can be employed to advance CM therapeutics. (ClinicalTrial.Gov registry: NCT03782974)
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