Research Article

The Effectiveness of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Treating Patients with Leukemia

Table 3

Top 5 disease codes among pediatric and adult leukemia patients during the years 2001–2011 for all outpatients visits.

RankingTCM usersTCM nonusers
Disease (Code)NumberPercentage (95% CI)Disease (Code)NumberPercentage (95% CI)

Pediatric
 Total visits91,391413,562
 1Lymphoid leukemia (204)36,52939.97 (39.65, 40.29)Lymphoid leukemia (204)138,51833.49 (33.35, 33.64)
 2Myeloid leukemia (205)7,8018.54 (8.35, 8.72)Acute upper respiratory infections (465)45,75611.06 (10.97, 11.16)
 3Acute upper respiratory infections (465)6,8737.52 (7.35, 7.69)Myeloid leukemia (205)34,5518.35 (8.27, 8.44)
 4Leukemia of unspecified cell type (208)4,6985.14 (5, 5.28)Acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis (466)15,5063.75 (3.69, 3.81)
 5Acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis (466)2,9623.24 (3.13, 3.36)Acute sinusitis (461)12,1412.94 (2.88, 2.99)

Adult
 Total visits252,6901,791,600
 1Myeloid leukemia (205)55,03121.78 (21.62, 21.94)Myeloid leukemia (205)264,65314.77 (14.72, 14.82)
 2Lymphoid leukemia (204)19,3367.65 (7.55, 7.76)Acute upper respiratory infections (465)97,4915.44 (5.41, 5.47)
 3Acute upper respiratory infections (465)11,1174.4 (4.32, 4.48)Lymphoid leukemia (204)76,1174.25 (4.22, 4.28)
 4Gingival and periodontal diseases (523)5,6802.25 (2.19, 2.31)Diabetes mellitus (250)56,0423.13 (3.1, 3.15)
 5Diseases of hard tissues of teeth (521)5,1232.03 (1.97, 2.08)Essential hypertension (401)53,0092.96 (2.93, 2.98)

TCM: Traditional Chinese Medicine; CI: confidence interval.