Identification of a Predictive Biomarker for the Beneficial Effect of Keishibukuryogan, a Kampo (Japanese Traditional) Medicine, on Patients with Climacteric Syndrome

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the post- and premenopause patients.

	All	Postmenopause	Premenopause	𝑃
	𝑛=34	𝑛=17	𝑛=17
Age	49.5±4.69	51.2±5.45	47.7±3.02	0.028*
Height (cm)	156.8±3.46	155.6±3.44	158.1±3.09	0.033*
Body weight (kg)	52.7±6.67	53.7±7.49	51.7±5.78	0.394
BMI (kg/cm^2)	21.5±3.22	22.3±3.75	20.7±2.44	0.278
Age of menarche	12.5±1.13	12.2±0.81	12.8±1.35	0.121
SDS	46.2±8.51	45.2±9.15	47.2±7.98	0.502
Hysterectomized	2	2	0
Ratio of menopause (%); (delited hysterectomized)	44.1	88.2	0

Data are mean ± SD. BMI: body mass index, SDS: self-rating depression scale. The 𝑃 values (post versus pre) were obtained by Student’s 𝑡-test or Mann-Whitney test. *𝑃<0.05.