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Table 6 Univariate and multivariate analyses of the six items of the wetness-heat constitution for severe CINV among breast cancer patients

From: Relationship between traditional Chinese medicine constitutional types with chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in patients with breast cancer: an observational study

 

Original score (n = 612)

 

Multivariate analysis

 

Grade 0-II (n = 339)

Grade III-IV (n = 273)

P

OR

95 % confidence interval

P

Lower limit

Upper limit

Greasy feeling or shinning face or nose

1.50 ± 0.82

1.67 ± 1.03

<0.001

1.154

0.965

1.381

0.117

Prone to acne or furuncle

1.19 ± 0.52

1.26 ± 0.63

0.004

1.182

0.887

1.574

0.253

Bitter taste or smelly mouth

1.80 ± 1.02

2.05 ± 1.11

0.056

1.209

1.035

1.412

0.017

Sticky stool and sense of endless flow

1.42 ± 0.75

1.56 ± 0.89

<0.001

1.147

0.936

1.405

0.186

Hot flash in urethra and dark urine

1.54 ± 0.77

1.59 ± 0.86

0.051

1.041

0.848

1.277

0.703

Yellow leukorrhea

1.62 ± 0.96

1.68 ± 0.96

0.260

  1. Multivariate analysis was performed through logistic regression, forward conditional method
  2. OR odds ratio