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Table 3 Medical choices for patients with six chronic diseases

From: Do medical treatment choices affect the health of chronic patients in middle and old age in China?—Evidence from CHARLS 2018

Medical Treatment Choice

Disease groups(95%CI), %

P-value

Hypertension

Arthritis

Diabetes

Stomach disease

Dyslipidemia

Heart disease

None

20.27 (19.32 to 21.25)

35.56 (34.46 to 36.67)

26.62 (24.88 to 28.44)

35.53 (34.30 to 36.79)

34.50 (33.06 to 35.98)

28.09 (26.66 to 29.57)

 < 0.001

Taking Chinese traditional medicine

4.01 (3.56 to 4.51)

6.87 (6.31 to 7.48)

3.80 (3.10 to 4.65)

8.06 (7.37 to 8.80)

4.55 (3.95 to 5.23)

10.03 (9.10 to 11.04)

Taking Western modern medicine

63.75 (62.59 to 64.90)

20.72 (19.80 to 21.67)

55.99 (53.98 to 57.98)

38.31 (37.05 to 39.59)

40.35 (38.86 to 41.87)

41.42 (39.83 to 43.02)

Other treatments

6.22 (5.67 to 6.83)

24.58 (23.60 to 25.59)

6.88 (5.93 to 7.97)

5.88 (5.29 to 6.52)

10.79 (9.87 to 11.78)

7.11 (6.32 to 7.99)

Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine

5.74 (5.21 to 6.33)

12.27 (11.53 to 13.05)

6.71 (5.77 to 7.79)

12.22 (11.39 to 13.10)

9.81 (8.93 to 10.76)

13.35 (12.29 to 14.49)