Research Article
Use of Chinese Herb Medicine in Cancer Patients: A Survey in Southwestern China
Table 2
Factors associated with CHM use in the multivariate logistic regression.
| Background | Odds ratio | 95% CI |
| Age (years) | | | <40 | 1.00 | Reference | 40–60 | 1.44 | 0.74−2.81 | >60 | 0.88 | 0.54−1.44 | Gender | | | Male | 1.00 | Reference | Female | 1.12 | 0.72−1.75 | Marital status | | | Never | 1.00 | Reference | Married | 0.70 | 0.50−0.98 | Others | 1.16 | 0.43−3.14 | Activity of daily living | | | Free | 1.00 | Reference | Somewhat limited | 0.83 | 0.23−2.97 | Bed rest (≥50% of each day) | 1.03 | 0.17−6.08 | Education (years) | | | 0 | 1.00 | Reference | −9 | 0.23 | 0.06−0.80 | −12 | 0.54 | 0.31−0.94 | ≥13 | 0.46 | 0.27−0.79 | Practicing religion | | | No | 1.00 | Reference | Yes | 1.49 | 0.81−2.74 | Annual income (RMB) | | | −24000 | 1.00 | Reference | −60000 | 3.01 | 0.47−19.13 | −120000 | 3.42 | 0.53−22.11 | >120000 | 3.50 | 0.46−26.46 | Previous history of CHM use | | | No | 1.00 | Reference | Yes | 10.69 | 6.94−16.45 | Staging | | | Early stage | 1.00 | Reference | Advanced stage | 2.56 | 1.35−3.90 | Duration of cancer since diagnosis (months) | | | −6 | 1.00 | Reference | −24 | 0.13 | 0.04−0.38 | −60 | 0.32 | 0.10−0.99 | >60 | 0.92 | 0.24−3.48 |
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