Use of Chinese Medicine Reduces the Development of Cervical Cancer from Pap Smear-Diagnosed Cervical Dysplasia: A Case-Control Study

Table 2

Odds ratio for using CM in cervical cancer patients and nonpatients stratified by demographic subgroups.

	CC patients		CC nonpatients
		%		%	aOR (95% CI)
CM usage	149	19.9	359	24.0	0.80
Age, year
20–39	19	26.4	38	26.4	0.98 (0.51–1.89)
40–49	43	21.3	112	27.7	0.71 (0.47–1.06)
50–59	40	18.5	111	25.7	0.66
>60	47	18.0	98	18.9	0.95 (0.65–1.40)
Urbanization
Urban	88	20.8	226	24.9	0.81 (0.61–1.07)
Rural	61	18.7	133	22.5	0.76 (0.54–1.08)
Occupation
Homemaker	41	18.1	86	22.9	0.73 (0.48–1.11)
White collar	43	20.5	152	27.1	0.71 (0.48–1.04)
Blue collar	65	20.7	121	21.6	0.92 (0.65–1.29)

Adjusted for age, urbanization, and occupation. CC, cervical cancer; CM, Chinese medicine. in the logistic regression model.