As a consequence, 250,000 people in the army suffered from beriberi, and nearly 30,000 soldiers died, however the Navy had only 87 beriberi patients.
ともあれ結果的に陸軍は25万人の脚気患者を出し、3万名近い兵士を病死させる事態となった（同時期、海軍では脚気患者はわずか87名。