Original Article
A Chinese Herbal Medicine, Tokishakuyakusan, Reduces the Worsening of Impairments and Independence after Stroke: A 1-Year Randomized, Controlled Trial
Table 1
Clinical and demographic characteristics of study participants.
| | Group | TS group | Control group |
| | Sex (male/female) | 4/12 | 5/10 | | Age, mean ± SD | 81.0 ± 9.4 | 81.9 ± 7.1 | | Duration of illness, months, mean ± SD | 77.3 ± 86.9 | 58.6 ± 62.2 | | Disease | | | | Cerebral infarction | 11 | 12 | | Cerebral bleeding | 4 | 3 | | Subarachnoidal hemorrhage | 1 | 0 | | Complication | | | | Hypertension | 11 | 9 | | Diabetes mellitus | 4 | 5 | | Ischemic heart disease | 1 | 3 | | Anti-coagulant drugs | 5 | 7 |
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Note: All group comparisons P > .05. SD: standard deviation; TS: Tokishakuyakusan.
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