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)

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; TCM: traditional Chinese medicine.
*Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness of fit, 𝑃=0.16; c-statistic = 0.65.