Liver Governs Tendon: A Theory from Traditional Chinese Medicine—Evidence from a Population-Based Matched Cohort Study in Taiwan for the Association of Chronic Liver Disease and Common Diseases in the Chiropractic Office
Table 6
Incidence rates and hazard ratio for internal derangement of knee to acute alcoholic hepatitis (ICD-9-CM: 571.1) stratified by demographic factors.
Variables
Acute alcoholic hepatitis
Crude HR
Adjusted HR
No
Yes
()
()
Event
Person-years
IR
Event
Person-years
IR
(95% CI)
(95% CI)
Total
351
491356
0.71
2
2205
0.91
1.28 (0.32–5.14)
1.03 (0.26–4.15)
Sex
Female
103
159678
0.65
0
251
0.00
—
—
Male
248
331677
0.75
2
1954
1.02
1.37 (0.34–5.52)
1.1 (0.27–4.45)
Age, years
18–39
233
316611
0.74
1
1383
0.72
0.99 (0.14–7.06)
0.83 (0.12–5.9)
40–64
105
162879
0.64
1
803
1.25
1.94 (0.27–13.92)
1.62 (0.23–11.64)
More than 65
13
11865
1.10
0
19
0.00
—
—
Major trauma
321
349749
0.92
2
1961
1.02
1.12 (0.28–4.49)
1.07 (0.27–4.32)
Anemic disorder
16
17101
0.94
0
233
0.00
—
—
IR: incidence rates, per 1,000 person-years; HR: hazard ratio; CI: confidence interval. Adjusted HR: mutually adjusted for age, gender, and comorbidities in Cox proportional hazards regression.
