Traditional Chinese Medicine Is Associated with Reduced Risk of Readmission in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Anemia: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 6

Analysis of association rules between TCM treatment and laboratory indicators in RA patients with anemia.

Number	The aforesaid	The consequent	Support (%)	Confidence (%)	Lift
1	Salvia	ESR↓	83.54	63.55	1.02
2	Poria	ESR↓	85.60	65.38	1.05
3	Salvia and poria	ESR↓	75.31	66.67	1.07
4	HQC	ESR↓	24.28	62.71	1.01
5	Dandelion and salvia	CRP↓	64.20	73.72	1.01
6	XFC	CRP↓	31.28	73.68	1.01
7	Spatholobi caulis	RF↓	44.03	64.49	1.03
8	Spatholobi caulis and salvia	RF↓	39.09	64.21	1.03
9	XFC	RF↓	31.28	64.47	1.03
10	XFC	α1-AGP↓	31.28	60.53	1.14
11	XFC and salvia	α1-AGP↓	29.22	60.56	1.14
12	Hordei fructus germinatus	anti-CCP↓	24.28	61.02	1.24
13	Hordei fructus germinatus and poria	anti-CCP↓	23.87	60.34	1.22
14	Poria	RBC↑	85.60	60.10	1.03
15	Coicis semen and poria	RBC↑	70.78	61.05	1.04
16	Cyathulae radix	RBC↑	25.93	60.32	1.03
17	Angelicae sinensis	RBC↑	28.81	64.29	1.10
18	Salvia and poria	Hb↑	75.31	61.20	1.01
19	Persicae semen and salvia	Hb↑	65.02	62.03	1.03
20	Angelicae sinensis	Hb↑	28.81	64.29	1.06

Note. XFC: Xinfeng capsules; HQC: Huangqin Qingre Chubi capsules; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP: C-reactive protein; RF: rheumatoid factor; α1-AGP: α1-acid glycoprotein; anti-CCP: anti-cyclic citrullinate peptide antibody; RBC: red blood cell count; Hb: hemoglobin.