Summary of randomised clinical studies of ginseng for various conditions in Korean literatures.

ADAS score: Alzheimer’s disease assessment scale; BMI: body mass index; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; DM: diabetes mellitus; ED: erectile dysfunction; FBS: fasting blood glucose; GEQ: global efficacy question; HDL: high density lipoprotein; IIEF: International index of erectile function; KOQOL: Korean version of obesity-related quality of life; MMSE score: Mini-mental status exam; n.r.: not reported; NS: not significant; NSIF: nutritional status and immune function; NIDDM: non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; PP2hrBG: Postprandial 2hour blood glucose; RG: red ginseng; SBP: systolic blood pressure; SOD: superoxide dismutase; T-Chol: total cholesterol; VAS: visual analog scale; 8-OHdG: 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine.
*No numerical data available for calculating effect size. We added the results on the base of authors’ results.
†The original authors reported statistical significance but our calculation failed to do so.
Italic: The main outcome tested the effects of Korean ginseng compared with American ginseng.