Table 1: Comparison of patient’s background data at admission between the switching group and continuation group.
Δ Body weight is the change from admission to discharge.
| Variables | Switching group (n = 17) | Continuation group (n = 47) | p value |
| Sex (M (%) / F (%)) | 11 (64.7) / 6 (35.3) | 29 (61.7) / 18 (38.3) | 0.826 |
| Age (years) | 69.2±12.7 | 73.1 ± 17.5 | 0.188 |
| Body weight (kg) | 53.5 ± 10.6 | 49.2 ±11.1 | 0.151 |
| Δ Body weight (kg) | −1.5 ± 2.0 | -3.8 ±4.0 | 0.037 |
| Hospital days (days) | 177.1 ± 64.7 | 132.6 ± 131.8 | 0.189 |
| Number of days from onset to hospitalization (days) | 47.9 ± 40.3 | 68.0 ± 60.6 | 0.236 |
| Primary disease (%) |
| Cerebral hemorrhage (+) | 6 (35.3) | 16 (34.0) | 0.636 |
| Cerebral infarction (+) | 8 (47.1) | 18 (38.3) | 0.277 |
| Subarachnoid hemorrhage (+) | 1 (5.9) | 5 (10.6) | 0.666 |
| Complications (%) |
| Parkinson's disease (+) | 4 (23.5) | 14(29.8) | 0.623 |
| Diabetes mellitus (+) | 4 (23.5) | 5 (10.6) | 0.190 |
| Epilepsy (+) | 6 (35.3) | 17(36.2) | 0.449 |
| Number of oral drugs | 7.3 ± 3.5 | 5.2 ±2.8 | 0.957 |
| Drugs (%) |
| antibiotics (+) | 1 (5.9) | 1 (5.9) |
| digitalis preparation (+) | 1 (5.9) | 1 (5.9) | 0.942 |
| psychotropic drugs (+) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.786 |
| anti-anxiety drug (+) | 5 (29.4) | 5 (29.4) | 0.387 |
| anticoagulant drug (+) | 5 (29.4) | 5 (29.4) | 0.380 |
| proton pump inhibitors (+) | 11 (64.7) | 11 (64.7) | 0.849 |
| H2-blockers (+) | 4 (23.5) | 4 (23.5) | 0.190 |
| mean ± S.D. |