ALB and glomerulosclerosis: Subgroup analysis showed that the guiding ideology for TCM treatment of glomerulosclerosis based on replenishing Qi and both significantly improved ALB levels (SMD: –2.70 g/L, 95% CI: –4.28 to –1.12, P = .0008; SMD: –1.58 g/L, 95% CI: –2.08 to –1.08, P < .00001), and there was significant differences between across the treatment groups.