Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Article

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

Comparison in number of the JTT group and the control group on every HI titer at weeks −4, 0, 4, 8, 12, and 24.


	Number of every HI titer (times)
	<10	10	20	40	80	160	320	640	1280	value

A/California/7/2009 (H1N1)
−4 weeks
JTT ()	13	12	10	2	4	1	0	0	0
Cont ()	14	11	5	11	4	0	0	0	0
0 week
JTT ()	12	10	9	2	3	1	0	0	0
Cont ()	13	12	5	11	4	0	0	0	0
4 weeks
JTT ()	3	10	7	7	7	0	2	0	0	0.8235
Cont ()	2	10	12	10	7	3	0	0	0	0.8235
8 weeks
JTT ()	2	9	8	7	4	2	2	0	0	0.3529
Cont ()	6	11	7	10	10	0	0	0	0	0.3529
12 weeks
JTT ()	8	10	6	4	3	2	0	0	0	0.4028
Cont ()	11	16	6	11	1	0	0	0	0	0.4028
24 weeks
JTT ()	3	8	10	4	4	2	0	0	0	0.2848
Cont ()	9	12	5	15	3	0	0	0	0	0.2848

A/Victoria/210/2009 (H3N2)
−4 weeks
JTT ()	8	11	10	6	4	3	0	0	0
Cont ()	4	15	15	6	4	1	0	0	0
0 week
JTT ()	6	11	9	4	4	3	0	0	0
Cont ()	4	14	16	6	4	1	0	0	0
4 weeks
JTT ()	1	8	5	5	8	6	2	0	1	0.0739
Cont ()	1	10	9	18	3	1	1	1	0	0.0739
8 weeks
JTT ()	0	5	6	7	6	5	4	0	1	0.0229
Cont ()	0	7	14	15	5	1	1	0	1	0.0229
12 weeks
JTT ()	1	8	5	7	7	3	1	0	1	0.0849
Cont ()	2	15	8	14	4	0	1	0	1	0.0849
24 weeks
JTT ()	0	8	5	8	6	2	1	0	1	0.0895
Cont ()	1	13	12	12	4	1	0	0	1	0.0895

B/Brisbane/60/2008
−4 weeks
JTT ()	12	17	5	6	2	0	0	0	0
Cont ()	10	23	4	7	0	1	0	0	0
0 week
JTT ()	11	15	5	4	2	0	0	0	0
Cont ()	10	20	8	6	0	1	0	0	0
4 weeks
JTT ()	4	19	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.2576
Cont ()	9	21	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2576
8 weeks
JTT ()	7	15	8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0.4411
Cont ()	13	19	8	3	0	1	0	0	0	0.4411
12 weeks
JTT ()	3	17	8	4	1	0	0	0	0	0.2610
Cont ()	3	32	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0.2610
24 weeks
JTT ()	1	16	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.6710
Cont ()	1	28	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.6710