A Perspective on Tongue Diagnosis in Patients with Breast Cancer

Table 5

Odds ratios (ORs) of the tongue features for BC according to multiple logistic regression.

	Odds ratio	95% exp (B)		value^a
		Lower	Upper
Tongue shape (median)
Small	4.16	1.70	10.19	<0.001
Enlarged	0.48	0.18	1.30	0.15
Tongue color (pink)
Pale	4.07	1.84	8.99	<0.001
Red	0.00	0.00	—	0.99
Bluish	1.83	0.49	6.80	0.37
Fur thickness	1.65	0.48	5.77	0.43
Yellow fur color	6.06	2.63	13.96	<0.001
Wet saliva	4.19	1.90	9.24	<0.001
Thick tongue fur	0.99	0.97	1.02	0.77
The amounts of fissures	1.08	1.02	1.15	0.01
The amounts of ecchymoses	1.02	0.98	1.05	0.35
The amounts of red dots	0.97	0.96	0.98	<0.001

^aMultiple logistic regression model for breast cancer was performed by comparing with the participants without BC. , , and .