Evaluating the Effects of Heat-Clearing Traditional Chinese Medicine in Stable Bronchiectasis by a Series of N-of-1 Trials

Table 2

Clinical and demographic characteristics of the 21 completers/partial-completers.

Gender (male/female)	21 (13/8)
Age in years, mean (minimum/maximum)	49 (28/70)
Bronchiectasis in chest CT (unilateral/bilateral)	(15/6)
TCM syndrome differentiation (lung and spleen deficiency syndrome/Qi and Yin deficiency syndrome)	(5/16)
Concomitant medication (yes/no)	(4/17)
Baseline of the outcomes	Mean (SD)
Symptoms scores (scores)	2.78 (0.64)
CAT scores (scores)	17.33 (6.30)
24-hour sputum volume (ml)	50.05 (64.97)