In patients with vascular dementia, hyperbaric oxygen therapy increased serum humanin levels versus conventional treatment alone.
In plain wordsIn people with vascular dementia, hyperbaric oxygen raised the body's own humanin levels in blood, compared with conventional treatment alone.
- Peptide
- Humanin
- Outcome
- IncreaseSerum humanin level after HBO therapy
- Study
n = 158
- Comparator
- Control group with conventional treatment
- Outcome group
- Cognition and memory · Nervous system and cognition
Source sentences
After treatment, compared with the control group, the MMSE scores and serum Humanin levels in the HBO group were significantly increased (p < 0.05).
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
A total of 158 patients with VD were prospectively included in the study and were randomly divided into control group and HBO group.
The control group was given conventional treatment and the HBO group was treated with HBO in addition to conventional treatment.
This result measures the body's own Humanin. Nobody was given the peptide. It is not evidence about taking it.