Research Article
Integrated Chinese Herbal Medicine and Western Medicine on the Survival in Patients with Colorectal Cancer: A Retrospective Study of Medical Records
Table 5
Effects of 10 most commonly used Chinese herbal medicine formulae on the survival of patients with colorectal cancer (N = 535).
| Formula (n) | Unadjusted analysis | Adjusted analysis | HR | 95% CI | | Adjusted HR | 95% CI | |
| Jia Wei Xiao Yao San | Not used(476) | 1.00 | | | 1.00 | | | Low dose (29) | 0.77 | 0.40–1.51 | 0.446 | 0.40 | 0.20–0.79 | 0.009 | High dose (30) | 0.34 | 0.14–0.82 | 0.017 | 0.38 | 0.16–0.93 | 0.035 | Liu wei Di huang Wan | Not used (503) | 1.00 | | | 1.00 | | | Low dose (16) | 0.44 | 0.14–1.37 | 0.158 | 0.64 | 0.20–2.01 | 0.443 | High dose (16) | 0.12 | 0.02–0.89 | 0.038 | 0.18 | 0.02–1.28 | 0.086 | Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan | Not used (507) | 1.00 | | | 1.00 | | | Low dose (15) | 0.74 | 0.30–1.79 | 0.497 | 0.46 | 0.20–1.13 | 0.091 | High dose (13) | 0.15 | 0.02–1.09 | 0.061 | 0.15 | 0.02–1.05 | 0.056 | Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang | Not used (500) | 1.00 | | | 1.00 | | | Low dose (19) | 0.72 | 0.32–1.62 | 0.424 | 0.49 | 0.21–1.14 | 0.096 | High dose (16) | 0.41 | 0.13–1.28 | 0.126 | 0.32 | 0.10–1.00 | 0.049 | Ping Wei San | Not used (475) | 1.00 | | | 1.00 | | | Low dose (41) | 0.83 | 0.47–1.45 | 0.505 | 0.56 | 0.32–1.01 | 0.054 | High dose (19) | 0.45 | 0.17–1.20 | 0.110 | 0.31 | 0.11–0.84 | 0.022 | Zhi Gan Cao Tang | Not used (508) | 1.00 | | | 1.00 | | | Low dose (13) | 0.18 | 0.03–1.28 | 0.086 | 0.19 | 0.03–1.36 | 0.099 | High dose (14) | 0.45 | 0.14–1.40 | 0.165 | 0.48 | 0.15–1.50 | 0.204 | Li Zhong Tang | Not used (491) | 1.00 | | | 1.00 | | | Low dose (20) | 0.63 | 0.26–1.52 | 0.302 | 0.47 | 0.19–1.16 | 0.101 | High dose (24) | 0.42 | 0.17–1.03 | 0.057 | 0.50 | 0.20–1.22 | 0.130 | Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang | Not used (527) | 1.00 | | | 1.00 | | | Low dose (2) | NC | NC | NC | NC | NC | NC | High dose (6) | 0.31 | 0.04–2.20 | 0.240 | 0.47 | 0.07–3.38 | 0.453 | Qui Pi Tang | Not used (500) | 1.00 | | | 1.00 | | | Low dose (17) | 1.21 | 0.54–2.73 | 0.650 | 1.27 | 0.56–2.87 | 0.571 | High dose (18) | 0.78 | 0.34–1.75 | 0.544 | 0.26 | 0.11–0.59 | 0.001 | Huo Xiang Zhen Qi San | Not used (494) | 1.00 | | | 1.00 | | | Low dose (22) | 1.31 | 0.67–2.56 | 0.428 | 1.08 | 0.55–2.14 | 0.819 | High dose (19) | 0.48 | 0.18–1.29 | 0.145 | 0.66 | 0.24–1.78 | 0.407 |
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CI: confidence interval; HR: hazards ratio; NC: not calculable.
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