Table 1 Characteristics of Hypertension population from one million random sampling cohort of the NHIR database
Characteristics | Non-TCM Users | TCM users | CHP users | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
Age | ||||||
<45 | 3802 | 12.3 | 18768 | 15.2 | 17653 | 15.2 |
45-65 | 12790 | 41.5 | 58453 | 47.4 | 55219 | 47.6 |
>65 | 14251 | 46.2 | 46019 | 37.3 | 43198 | 37.2 |
Gender | ||||||
Female | 11509 | 37.3 | 64826 | 52.6 | 61594 | 53.1 |
Male | 19334 | 62.7 | 58414 | 47.4 | 54476 | 46.9 |
Insurance salaries(NTD$/month) 1 | ||||||
0 | 5965 | 19.3 | 21891 | 17.8 | 20485 | 17.7 |
1-15840 | 5653 | 18.3 | 18185 | 14.8 | 16980 | 14.6 |
15841-25000 | 12882 | 41.8 | 57967 | 47.0 | 55006 | 47.4 |
>25000 | 6343 | 20.6 | 25197 | 20.4 | 23599 | 20.3 |
Urban Level 2 | ||||||
1 | 9069 | 29.4 | 35622 | 28.9 | 33226 | 28.6 |
2 | 13023 | 42.2 | 55239 | 44.8 | 52063 | 44.9 |
3 | 5538 | 18.0 | 20546 | 16.7 | 19486 | 16.8 |
4 | 3213 | 10.4 | 11833 | 9.6 | 11295 | 9.7 |
Comorbidity with hypertension(ICD-9-CM) | ||||||
Ischemic Heart Disease (410–414) | 9607 | 31.1 | 41603 | 33.8 | 39237 | 33.8 |
Cardiovascular disease (430–438) | 7466 | 24.2 | 27218 | 22.1 | 25592 | 22.1 |
Atherosclerosis(440) | 931 | 3.0 | 3814 | 3.1 | 3616 | 3.1 |
Hyperlipidemia (272) | 11476 | 37.2 | 52627 | 42.7 | 49629 | 42.8 |
Type II Diabetes Mellitus(250) | 9773 | 31.7 | 39936 | 32.4 | 37514 | 32.3 |
Total | 30843 | 123240 | 116070 | |||