Liu Wei Di Huang Wan and the Delay of Insulin Use in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Taiwan: A Nationwide Study

Table 4

Hazard of insulin use of TCM including LWDHW estimated using cox proportional hazards model with National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan, 2000–2012.

Herbal product usage	Case/population	aHR (95% CI)	aHR (95% CI)
Total diabetic patients	17,451/70,036
Never used	9,414/32,129	Reference
CHPs without LWDHW	4,486/20,962	0.58 (0.56–0.60)	Reference
LWDHW	3,551/16,945	0.51 (0.49–0.54)	0.86 (0.82–0.90)

Adjusted for sex, age, comorbidity, and number of antidiabetics.