Research Article
A Valid Approach in Refractory Glossodynia: A Single-Institution 5-Year Experience Treating with Japanese Traditional Herbal (Kampo) Medicine
Table 2
Patient demographic characteristics.
| | | Total
() | Female
() | Male
() | value
(Female versus male) |
| | Age (years) | 65 ± 9 | 64.3 ± 8.8 | 70 ± 6.7 | NS# | | No improvement (nonresponders) | 12 (30.8%) | 9 (28.1%) | 3 (42.9%) | NS* | | Decreased scores ≦ 2 | 27 (69.2%) | 23 (71.9%) | 4 (57.1%) | NS* | | Average residual scores | 4.6 ± 4.2 | 4.6 ± 4.1 | 4.8 ± 4.9 | NS# | | Average onset of improvement (weeks) | 8.0 ± 7.7 | 8.4 ± 8.3 | 5.8 ± 3.5 | NS# | | Decreased scores ≦ 5 (high responders) | 23 (59.0%) | 19 (59.4%) | 4 (57.1%) | NS* |
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Data are presented as (%) or mean ± SD.
#-test, *chi-squared test.
NS: no significance.
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