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Table 2 Participant characteristics

From: Impact of ao-dake-humi, Japanese traditional bamboo foot stimulator, on lower urinary tract symptoms, constipation and hypersensitivity to cold: a single-arm prospective pilot study

Total

  

Sex

  
 

Male

 
 

Female

 

Age

(y.o.)

65.2 ± 16.3

Body mass index (kg/m 2)

21.8 ± 2.2

Distribution of LUTS, constipation, and HC

 
 

LUTS

21

 

Constipation

11

 

HC

17

 

Only LUTS

5

 

Only Constipation

0

 

Only HC

1

 

LUTS and constipation

2

 

LUTS and HC

7

 

Constipation and HC

2

 

LUTS, constipation, and HC

7

Past history

  
 

Benign prostatic hyperplasia

8

 

Hypertention

3

 

Diabetes mellitus

1

Medication

  
 

Alpha 1-adrenocepter antagonist

8

 

Anticholinergic drug

1

 

Beta 3-adrenoceptor agonist

3

 

Cathartic drug

5

  1. Characteristics of the enrolled patients in this study
  2. LUTS lower urinary tract symptoms, HC hypersensitivity to cold