Table 5.

Complications and Mortality After Liver Cirrhosis in People with and without Use of Red Yeast Rice Prescription

	No RYR (N=34,367)				RYR (N=34,367)
	Events	Incidence*	HR	(95% CI)†	Events	Incidence*	HR	(95% CI)†
Jaundice	164	0.54	1.00	(reference)	101	0.39	0.56	(0.43–0.72)
Ascites	154	0.51	1.00	(reference)	69	0.27	0.37	(0.28–0.50)
Hepatic coma	130	0.43	1.00	(reference)	55	0.21	0.36	(0.26–0.50)
Mortality	263	0.86	1.00	(reference)	98	0.38	0.48	(0.38–0.61)

Notes: *Per 1000 person-years. ^†Adjusted for all covariates listed in Table 1.

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; RYR, red yeast rice.