Constitutions of Deficiency and Stasis of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Related Factors among Middle-Aged Women in Taiwan

Table 3

Logistic regression model results in yang-deficiency, yin-deficiency, and stasis constitutions.

	B	S.E.	Wald	value	OR	95% CI
Yang deficiency
Abnormal spirometry	0.35	0.14	5.97	0.02	1.42	1.07–1.88
Menstruation	0.37	0.14	6.85	<0.01	1.45	1.10–1.93
High school	0.89	0.40	4.98	0.03	2.42	1.11–5.27
College or university	1.03	0.40	6.67	0.01	2.80	1.28–6.12
Graduate school	1.01	0.48	4.53	0.03	2.75	1.08–6.97
Yin deficiency
40 ≤ age < 51 (yr)	0.59	0.19	9.85	<0.01	1.81	1.25–2.62
51 ≤ age < 56 (yr)	0.59	0.21	7.65	<0.01	1.80	1.19–2.72
Abnormal spirometry	0.39	0.16	6.02	0.01	1.48	1.08–2.01
Vegetarian	−1.29	0.43	8.78	<0.01	0.28	0.12–0.65
Stasis
40 ≤ age < 51 (yr)	1.13	0.22	26.18	<0.01	3.08	2.00–4.75
51 ≤ age < 56 (yr)	0.83	0.25	11.04	<0.01	2.29	1.41–3.74
Abnormal spirometry	0.49	0.17	8.08	<0.01	1.63	1.16–2.28
Coffee habit	0.40	0.17	5.26	0.02	1.49	1.06–2.08

Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed. being statistically significant. OR: odds ratio. CI: confidence interval. Reference group:normal spirometry; menopause; elementary school; 56 ≤ age < 65 (yr.); not vegetarian;without coffee habit.