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Variables
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Non-TCM users
|
TCM users
|
P-value
|
|---|
|
n = 91,017 (%)
|
n = 52,365 (%)
|
|---|
|
Age (yr)
| | |
<0.001
|
|
≤50
|
22,971 (25.2)
|
16,461(31.4)
| |
|
>50
|
68,046 (74.8)
|
35,904 (68.6)
| |
|
Mean (SD)
|
59.74 (13.6)
|
57.19 (12.4)
|
<0.001
|
|
Gender
| | |
<0.001
|
|
Female
|
40,794 (44.8)
|
29,597(56.5)
| |
|
Male
|
50,223(55.2)
|
22,768 (43.5)
| |
|
Monthly income
| | |
<0.001
|
|
Low
|
39,976(43.9)
|
21,506 (41.1)
| |
|
Median
|
46,352 (50.9)
|
28,123 (53.7)
| |
|
High
|
4689 (5.2)
|
2736 (5.2)
| |
|
Residential area
| | |
<0.001
|
|
Urban
|
49,720(54.6)
|
29,629 (56.6)
| |
|
Suburban
|
14,209(15.6)
|
8426 (16.1)
| |
|
Rural
|
27,088(29.8)
|
14,310 (27.3)
| |
|
Tobacco use
| | |
0.002
|
|
Yes
|
352 (0.4)
|
150 (0.3)
| |
|
No
|
90,665 (99.6)
|
52,215 (99.7)
| |
|
CCI
| | |
<0.001
|
|
Mean (SD)
|
3.50 (4.42)
|
4.23 (7.03)
| |
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TCM Traditional Chinese Medicine, SD, standard deviation; CCI Charlson-Deyo comorbidity index
