Traditional Chinese Medicine ZHENG Identification Provides a Novel Stratification Approach in Patients with Allergic Rhinitis

Table 4

Link of allergic symptoms which impacted daily life (symptom score = 2 or 3) with predictive factors.

	Nasal obstruction		Sneezing		Rhinorrhea		Itchy nose		Itchy eyes
	Model of regression: enter		Model of regression: enter		Model of regression: enter		Model of regression: enter		Model of regression: enter
	𝑅^2=0.122,𝑃=0.244		𝑅^2=0.150, 𝑃=0.101		𝑅^2=0.210, 𝑃=0.022		𝑅^2=0.161, 𝑃=0.063		𝑅^2=0.323, 𝑃<0.001
	Accuracy of model = 74.0%		Accuracy of model = 67.3%		Accuracy of model = 68.3%		Accuracy of model = 61.5%		Accuracy of model = 71.2%
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Age	1.009	0.971–1.049	1.014	0.976–1.054	1.011	0.970–1.053	1.012	0.976–1.049	0.994	0.953–1.036
Male sex	1.425	0.521–3.894	1.313	0.514–3.353	1.393	0.503–3.860	1.470	0.604–3.579	2.096	0.796–5.522
Duration of AR	1.002	0.995–1.008	1.003	0.996–1.010	1.007	0.999–1.015	1.02	0.995–1.008	1.015*	1.006–1.024
IgE	1.001	0.999–1.002	1.001	1.000–1.003	1.001	1.000–1.002	1.000	1.000–1.001	1.000	1.000–1.001
ECP	1.015	0.987–1.043	1.021	0.992–1.051	1.026	0.992–1.061	1.009	0.988–1.030	1.017	0.994–1.040
Yin-Xu − Yang-Xu	1.003	0.878–1.147	1.111	0.982–1.256	1.165*	1.018–1.334	1.147*	1.012–1.300	1.164*	1.015–1.335
Qi-Xu + Blood-Xu	1.081*	1.009–1.158	1.020	0.961–1.083	1.028	0.961–1.098	1.056	0.996–1.119	1.055	0.992–1.123

Analyzed by binary logistic regression.
OR: odds ratio.
95% CI: 95% confidence interval.
^∗𝑃<0.05.