Research Article
An Investigation of the Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Stroke Patients in Taiwan
Table 2
Factors associated with use of traditional Chinese medicine among stroke patients in multivariate logistic regression model.
| | Number | TCM use* | | Adjusted OR (95% CI) |
| Sex | | | Women | 6435 | 1.16 (1.08–1.25) | Men | 8895 | 1.00 (reference) | Age, years | | | 20–29 | 138 | 3.35 (2.36–4.76) | 30–59 | 4421 | 1.94 (1.77–2.12) | 60–69 | 3823 | 1.60 (1.46–1.75) | ≥70 | 6948 | 1.00 (reference) | Occupation | | | White collar | 5210 | 1.38 (1.22–1.55) | Blue collar | 7763 | 1.21 (1.08–1.36) | Others | 2357 | 1.00 (reference) | Urbanization | | | Low | 1024 | 1.00 (reference) | Moderate | 5711 | 1.04 (0.89–1.22) | High | 8595 | 1.09 (0.93–1.29) | Density of TCM physicians | | | Low | 3869 | 1.00 (reference) | Moderate | 7614 | 1.12 (1.01–1.24) | High | 3847 | 1.34 (1.20–1.49) | Without low-income status | 15172 | 1.55 (1.04–2.32) | Used rehabilitation therapy | 5054 | 2.15 (1.99–2.32) | Without diabetes mellitus | 10843 | 1.02 (0.94–1.10) | Hypertension | 9387 | 1.29 (1.20–1.39) | Hyperlipidemia | 1550 | 1.29 (1.15–1.44) | Without myocardial infarction | 14991 | 1.03 (0.81–1.32) | Without renal dialysis | 15071 | 2.79 (1.97–3.95) | Length of stay, <10 days | 9851 | 1.14 (1.05–1.24) |
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OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; TCM: traditional Chinese medicine.
*Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness of fit, ; c-statistic = 0.65.
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