Effect of sitagliptin combined with Yiqi yangyin huoxue decoction on clinical efficacy and hemorheology in early diabetic nephropathy

Table 5 Improvement in hemorheology in the two groups (mean ± SD)

Group	Time	OG (n = 50)	CG (n = 50)	t-value	P value
Red blood cell deposition (%)	T0	46.88 ± 5.23	46.91 ± 5.19	−0.029	0.977
	T1	37.15 ± 4.13	43.96 ± 4.87	−7.542	< 0.001
Plasma viscosity (mPa·s)	T0	3.26 ± 0.38	3.29 ± 0.43	−0.490	0.625
	T1	1.52 ± 0.25	2.27 ± 0.31	−13.465	< 0.001
Whole blood high shear viscosity (mPa·s)	T0	5.94 ± 1.13	5.59 ± 1.07	1.598	0.113
	T1	4.06 ± 0.75	5.13 ± 0.81	−6.854	< 0.001
Whole blood low shear viscosity (mPa·s)	T0	10.29 ± 2.34	10.33 ± 2.29	−0.108	0.914
	T1	7.70 ± 1.25	8.72 ± 1.64	−3.527	0.001

OG: Observation group; CG: Control group.