Research Article
Traditional Chinese Medicine Is Associated with Reduced Risk of Readmission in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Anemia: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Table 2
Comparison of demographic characteristics of RA patients with anemia between the TCM group and the non-TCM group.
| | Characteristic | TCM group (n = 243) | Non-TCM group (n = 85) | value |
| | Age (years), n (%) | | | | | 20–60 | 130 (53.50) | 55 (64.71) | 0.07 | | >60 | 113 (46.50) | 30 (35.29) | |
| | Gender, n (%) | | | | | Female | 200 (82.30) | 70 (82.35) | 0.99 | | Male | 43 (17.70) | 15 (17.65) | |
| | TCM (months), n (%) | | | | | 0 | 0 (0) | 85 (100) | — | | >0, ≤6 | 80 (32.92) | NA | | | >6, ≤12 | 92 (37.86) | NA | | | >12 | 71 (29.22) | NA | |
| | Anemia classification, n (%) | | | | | Mild anemia | 201 (82.72) | 69 (81.18) | 0.75 | | Moderate anemia | 38 (15.64) | 16 (18.82) | 0.50 | | Severe anemia | 4 (1.65) | 0 (0) | — |
| | Combined diseases, n (%) | | | | | Hypertension | 54 (22.23) | 15 (17.65) | 0.37 | | Hyperlipidemia | 30 (12.35) | 7 (8.24) | 0.30 | | Diabetes | 8 (3.29) | 5 (5.88) | 0.29 |
| | End event, n (%) | | | | | Readmission | 34 (13.99) | 25 (29.41) | <0.01 | | Interstitial lung disease | 39 (16.05) | 11 (12.94) | 0.42 | | Sjogren’s syndrome | 20 (8.23) | 12 (14.12) | 0.12 | | Surgical treatment | 22 (9.05) | 9 (10.59) | 0.68 | | Death | 7 (2.88) | 2 (2.35) | 1.00 |
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Note. TCM: traditional Chinese medicine.
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