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Table 4 Comparison of % of patients with improved or deteriorated MMSE scores

From: Adding Chinese herbal medicine to conventional therapy brings cognitive benefits to patients with Alzheimer’s disease: a retrospective analysis

 

MMSE change

6 m

12 m

18 m

24 m

Improved(≥0)

CT + H no.

51/71

29/52

8/26

10/30

%

71.83

55.76

30.76

33.33

CT, no.

23/33

10/28

2/27

2/26

%

69.69

35.71

7.40

7.69

P value

0.823

0.087

0.030

0.020

Deteriorated(≥4)

CT + H, no.

5/71

5/52

3/26

5/30

%

7.04

9.61

11.53

16.67

CT, no.

3/33

7/28

12/27

17/26

%

9.09

25.00

44.44

65.38

P value

0.715

0.066

0.008

0.000

  1. CH + H denotes conventional therapy with herbal medicines; CT denotes conventional therapy alone; MMSE denotes mini-mental state examination
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BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies

ISSN: 2662-7671

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