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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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2013
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Article
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Tab 1
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Research Article
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 (
)
Group 2 (
)
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
Student’s
-test.
Fisher's exact test.