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Table 1 Numbers of participants or gender and mean (Mean ± SD) age, FOIS-level, CDS-score, and numbers of diseases and medications in each group at baseline

From: The effect of a daily application of a 0.05% chlorhexidine oral rinse solution on the incidence of aspiration pneumonia in nursing home residents: a multicenter study

 

Intervention

Control

Total

Number of participants

52

51

103

Number of men / women

25/27

26/25

51/52

Age

79.4 ± 8.9

81.7 ± 9.03

80.5 ± 9.0

FOIS-level

4.8 ± 1.5

4.9 ± 1.5

4.8 ± 1.5

CDS-score

38.0 ± 16.6

35.0 ± 15.0

36.5 ± 15.8

Number of diseases

4.7 ± 2.4

4.3 ± 2.2

4.5 ± 2.3

Number of medication

8.6 ± 3.7

9.6 ± 3.6

9.0 ± 3.7