The Long-Term Effects of a Kampo Medicine, Juzentaihoto, on Maintenance of Antibody Titer in Elderly People after Influenza Vaccination

Table 1

Clinical and demographic characteristics of study participants.

Group	JTT group	Control group
Sex (male/female)	10/34	11/35
Age (year), mean ± SD	85.6 ± 8.2	85.5 ± 8.3
Duration of hospitalization; (month), mean ± SD	35.6 ± 29.8	37.9 ± 35.5
Chief disease (number)
Cerebral vascular disorder	26	28
Dementia	19	18
Bone and joint disease	6	8
Rank of care (number)
Rank 1	3	5
Rank 2	3	4
Rank 3	6	4
Rank 4	9	8
Rank 5	23	25

Note. All group comparisons 𝑃>0.05. SD: standard deviation; JTT: Juzentaihoto.
Rank 1: patients who need partial help with personal care. Rank 2: patients who need partial help with eating or going to the toilet and so forth. Rank 3: patients who need full help with certain activities of daily living. Rank 4: patients who have difficulty performing all daily activities without help. Rank 5: patients who find it impossible to perform all daily activities without help.