Acupuncture decreased the risk of coronary heart disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in Taiwan: a Nationwide propensity score-matched study

Table 5 Cox model for angina pectoris and chronic ischemic heart disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving acupuncture treatment vs. not receiving acupuncture treatment

	N	Angina pectoris			Chronic ischemic heart disease
	N	n	Crude HR^*	Adjusted HR^†	n	Crude HR^* (95%CI)	Adjusted HR^† (95%CI)
Acupuncture
No	8733	24	1 (reference)	1 (reference)	516	1 (reference)	1 (reference)
Yes	9044	21	0.79(0.44–1.43)	0.72(0.4–1.3)	358	0.59(0.52–0.68)***	0.56(0.49 − 0.64)***

Crude HR^* represents relative hazard ratio. Adjusted HR^† represents adjusted hazard ratio mutually adjusted for age, sex, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, congestive heart failure, cerebral vascular diseases, depression, anxiety, alcoholism, tobacco dependence, obesity, Methotrexate, Hydroxychloroquine, Sulfasalazine, TNF-α inhibitors, oral steroids, NSAIDs and statins in Cox proportional hazard regression
***: p < 0.001

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