Association of traditional Chinese medicine therapy and the risk of dementia in patients with hypertension: a nationwide population-based cohort study

Table 3 Incidence and dementia risk for HTN patients with and without TCM in the stratification of sex and age

Variables	Non-TCM users			TCM users			Crude HR (95% CI)	Adjusted HR (95% CI)
Variables	Case	PYs	Incidence	Case	PYs	Incidence	Crude HR (95% CI)	Adjusted HR (95% CI)
Female
≤ 50 yr	148	81,138.18	1.82	111	79,715.46	1.39	0.77 (0.60–0.98)	0.76^a (0.59-0.97)
> 50 yr	4949	320,644.53	15.43	2104	188,214.45	11.18	0.73 (0.70–0.77)	0.70^a (0.67-0.75)
All	5097	401,782.71	12.69	2215	267,926.61	8.27	0.66 (0.63–0.69)	0.71^b (0.68-0.74)
Male
≤ 50 yr	307	139,732.62	2.20	107	65,359.01	1.64	0.75 (0.59–0.93)	0.72^a (0.57-0.89)
> 50 yr	4912	351,444.93	13.98	1611	134,211.63	12.00	0.85 (0.81–0.91)	0.87^a (0.83-0.92)
All	5219	491,177.56	10.63	1718	199,570.64	8.61	0.81 (0.77–0.86)	0.84^b (0.81-0.91)

TCM Traditional Chinese Medicine, PYs person-years, HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval
^aModel adjusted for urbanization level, monthly income, and CCI scores
^bModel adjusted for age, urbanization level, monthly income, and CCI scores

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