Research Article
Relationships among Constitution, Stress, and Discomfort in the First Trimester
Table 4
Multinomial logistic regression of effects of significant indicators on symptoms of discomfort (
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| Discomfort (outcome variable) | Explanatory variable | Degrees of freedom | P-value | OR | 95% CI |
| Fatigue | Tan-Shi-Yu-Zhi | | | | | Moderate versus mild | | 1 | <.001 | 1.18 | (1.10, 1.27) | Severe versus mild | | 1 | <.001 | 1.30 | (1.20, 1.41) | | Stress | | | | | Moderate versus mild | | 1 | .17 | 1.09 | (.96, 1.23) | Severe versus mild | | 1 | <.001 | 1.23 | (1.07, 1.42) | Nausea | Tan-Shi-Yu-Zhi | | | | | Mild versus none | | 1 | .82 | 1.01 | (.93, 1.09) | Moderate versus none | | 1 | <.001 | 1.16 | (1.06, 1.26) | Severe versus none | | 1 | <.001 | 1.16 | (1.06, 1.27) | Frequent urination | Yang-Xu | | | | | Mild versus none | | 1 | <.001 | .88 | (.82, .96) | Moderate versus none | | 1 | .34 | .92 | (.85, .96) | Severe versus none | | 1 | .47 | .97 | (.88, 1.06) | | Yin-Xu | | | | | Mild versus none | | 1 | <.001 | 1.20 | (1.06, 1.34) | Moderate versus none | | 1 | <.001 | 1.24 | (1.10, 1.39) | Severe versus none | | 1 | .02 | 1.18 | (1.03, 1.36) | Breast tenderness | Yang-Xu | | | | | Mild versus none | | 1 | .48 | .98 | (.94, 1.03) | Moderate versus none | | 1 | .27 | 1.03 | (.98, 1.08) | Severe versus none | | 1 | .14 | 1.04 | (.99, 1.11) | Heavy vaginal discharge | Yang-Xu | | | | | Mild versus none | | 1 | .06 | 1.05 | (.99, 1.11) | Moderate versus none | | 1 | <.001 | 1.12 | (1.06, 1.18) |
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