Research Article
Survival of AIDS Patients Treated with Traditional Chinese Medicine in Rural Central China: A Retrospective Cohort Study, 2004–2012
Table 1
Patient characteristics at baseline,
(%).
| | Variables | All | TCM + cART | cART | Statistic value | value |
| | Total sample | 896 | 521 | 375 | | | | Gender | | | | | | | Male | 406 (45.3) | 254 (48.8) | 152 (40.5) | 5.944 | 0.015 | | Female | 490 (54.7) | 267 (51.2) | 223 (59.5) | | Age (years) | | | | | | | <41 | 433 (48.3) | 246 (47.2) | 187 (49.9) | 0.683 | 0.711 | | 41–50 | 338 (37.7) | 202 (38.8) | 136 (36.3) | | >50 | 125 (14.0) | 73 (14.0) | 52 (13.9) | | Marital status | | | | | | | Married | 696 (77.7) | 410 (78.7) | 286 (76.3) | 0.741 | 0.389 | | Single/widow(er) | 200 (22.3) | 286 (76.3) | 89 (23.7) | | Education | | | | | | | <6 years | 600 (67.0) | 349 (67.0) | 251 (66.9) | 0.001 | 0.987 | | >6 years | 296 (33.0) | 172 (33.0) | 124 (33.1) | | CD4+ T-cell count (cell/mm3) | | | | | | | <200 | 233 (26.0) | 141 (27.1) | 92 (24.5) | 90.197 | 0.001 | | 200–350 | 240 (26.8) | 160 (30.7) | 80 (21.3) | | 351–500 | 134 (15.0) | 94 (18.0) | 40 (10.7) | | >500 | 115 (12.8) | 79 (15.2) | 36 (9.6) | | Unknown | 174 (19.4) | 47 (9.2) | 127 (33.9) |
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TCM, traditional Chinese medicine; cART, combination antiretroviral treatment.
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