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 visits
TCM expenditure
Mean ± SD
P value
Mean ± SD
P 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.