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Table 3 The top 10 single Chinese herbs and Chinese herbal formula prescribed 2 years before and after HCC diagnosis by adjusting with person-year during 2002-2009 (n = 73,918)

From: Prescription frequency and patterns of Chinese herbal medicine for liver cancer patients in Taiwan: a cross-sectional analysis of the National Health Insurance Research Database

 

Frequency of CHM prescribed (every visit)

IRR

P value

2 years before HCC diagnosis

2 years after HCC diagnosis

  

n

py

IR

n

py

IR

Single Chinese herbs Generic name (Chinese name)

3

Oldenlandia diffusa (Bai-Hua-She-She-Cao)

6,792

147,836

4.59

7,707

67,212

11.47

2.50

<0.001

8

Radix et Rhizoma Rhei (Da-Huan)

4,481

147,836

3.03

4,429

67,212

6.59

2.17

<0.001

5

Artemisia capillaris (Yin-Chen-Hao)

5,290

147,836

3.58

5,070

67,212

7.54

2.11

<0.001

4

Scutellaria baicalensis (Huang-Qin)

5,603

147,836

3.79

5,060

67,212

7.53

1.99

<0.001

7

Astragalus membranaceus (Huang-Qi)

4,677

147,836

3.16

4,042

67,212

6.01

1.90

<0.001

10

Polygonum multiflorum Thunb

3,994

147,836

2.7

3,398

67,212

5.06

1.87

<0.001

1

Salvia miltiorrhiza (Dan-shen)

9,558

147,836

6.47

7,827

67,212

11.65

1.80

<0.001

9

Puerariae Radix

4,148

147,836

2.81

3,383

67,212

5.03

1.79

<0.001

6

Fritillaria (Beimu)

5,246

147,836

3.55

4,093

67,212

6.09

1.72

<0.001

2

Corydalis yanhusuo (Yanhusuo)

7,902

147,836

5.35

5,909

67,212

8.79

1.64

<0.001

Chinese herbal formula (Chinese name)

6

Ping-Wei-San

5,093

147,836

3.45

4,563

67,212

6.79

1.97

<0.001

5

Xiang-Sha-Liu-Jun-Zi-Tang

5,963

147,836

4.03

5,304

67,212

7.89

1.96

<0.001

1

Jia-Wei-Xia-Yao-San

10,699

147,836

7.24

9,088

67,212

13.52

1.87

<0.001

2

Xiao-Chai-Hu-Tang

8,089

147,836

5.47

6,842

67,212

10.18

1.86

<0.001

8

Gan-Lu-Yin

4,962

147,836

3.36

4,040

67,212

6.01

1.79

<0.001

9

Shiee-Fuu-Jwu-Iu-Tang

4,731

147,836

3.2

3,633

67,212

5.41

1.69

<0.001

7

Sho-Yao-Gan-Cao-Tang

5,044

147,836

3.41

3,848

67,212

5.73

1.68

<0.001

10

Chuan-Chung-Cha-Tiao-San

4,688

147,836

3.17

3,379

67,212

5.03

1.59

<0.001

3

Long-Dan-Xie-Gan-Tang

6,803

147,836

4.6

4,835

67,212

7.19

1.56

<0.001

4

Shu-Jing-Hwo-Shiee-Tang

6,452

147,836

4.36

4,583

67,212

6.82

1.56

<0.001

  1. Py person-year, IR standardized incidence rate, IRR the ratio of standardized incidence rate