Effectiveness of Traditional Japanese Herbal (Kampo) Medicine, Daiobotanpito, in Combination with Antibiotic Therapy in the Treatment of Acute Diverticulitis: A Preliminary Study

Table 1

Characteristic of patients.

	Group 1 (𝑛=11)	Group 2 (𝑛=23)	𝑃 value
Age (mean)	25–77 (43.5)	25–79 (45.8)	0.34^a
Sex (male/female)	1/10	5/18	0.365^b
CRP	6.18	6.49	0.451^a
WBC	10740	11408	0.266^a
Previous diverticulitis	4 (36.3%)	1 (4.3%)	0.0137^b
Number episodes of diverticulitis	0.45 (0–3)	0.043 (0-1)	0.00494^a
Lesion (right/left)	9/2	19/4	0.955^b
Operation	1 (9.1%)	3 (13.0%)	0.827^b
BMI	21.6	23.3	0.082^b

aStudent’s 𝑡-test.
bFisher's exact test.