Research Article

An Investigation of the Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Stroke Patients in Taiwan

Table 3

Stratification analyses of sociodemographic factors and medical conditions on averaged frequency of visits and expenditure on traditional Chinese medicine among stroke patients ( ).

TCM visitsTCM expenditure
Mean ± SDP valueMean ± SDP value

Sex
 Women 0.13 0.02
 Men
Age, years
 20–29 0.0009 0.0003
 30–59
 60–69
 ≥70
Occupation
 White collar <0.0001 <0.0001
 Blue collar
 Others
Urbanization
 Low 0.002 0.0003
 Moderate
 High
Density of TCM physicians
 Low 0.002 0.0002
 Moderate
 High
Low income
 No 0.49 0.50
 Yes
Rehabilitation
 No <0.0001 <0.0001
 Yes
Diabetes mellitus
 No 0.29 0.56
 Yes
Hypertension
 No 0.16 0.06
 Yes
Hyperlipidemia
 No 0.58 0.84
 Yes
Myocardial infarction
 No 0.79 0.83
 Yes
Renal dialysis
 No 0.15 0.31
 Yes

SD: standard deviation; TCM: traditional Chinese medicine.