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Table 3 Frequency of different diseases in patients with dysfunctional uterine bleeding

From: The utilization of traditional Chinese medicine in patients with dysfunctional uterine bleeding in Taiwan: a nationwide population-based study

Disease (ICD-9-CM)

Non-TCM seekers

TCM seekers

p value*

Frequency

%

Frequency

%

DUB related

 Anemia (280.9, 281.8, 285.9)

799

16.72

9583

23.06

<.0001

 Menopausal syndrome (627)

746

15.61

9071

21.83

<.0001

 Female infertility (628)

311

6.51

5807

13.97

<.0001

 Complications of pregnancy, child birth and the puerperium (630–676)

1761

36.85

18,785

45.20

<.0001

DUB unrelated

 Vertigo, dizziness, Meniere’s Syndrome (386, 780.4, 780.7)

1813

37.94

25,138

60.49

<.0001

 Depression, insomnia, sleep disorders (300, 311, 307.4, 780.5)

1449

30.32

25,976

62.51

<.0001

 Migraine and headache (346, 784.0)

1753

36.68

27,494

66.16

<.0001

 Upper respiratory tract infection (460–465, 784.1)

4475

93.64

41,111

98.92

<.0001

 Digestive disorders (536, 564, 787.7)

2557

53.50

33,740

81.19

<.0001

  1. *Chi-square test
  2. Abbreviation: TCM traditional Chinese medicine, DUB dysfunctional uterine bleeding