Table 3.
Frequency of different diseases in patients with dysfunctional uterine bleeding
| Disease (ICD-9-CM) | Non-TCM seekers | TCM seekers | p value* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | % | Frequency | % | ||
| DUB related | |||||
| Anemia (280.9, 281.8, 285.9) | 799 | 16.72 | 9583 | 23.06 | <.0001 |
| Menopausal syndrome (627) | 746 | 15.61 | 9071 | 21.83 | <.0001 |
| Female infertility (628) | 311 | 6.51 | 5807 | 13.97 | <.0001 |
| Complications of pregnancy, child birth and the puerperium (630–676) | 1761 | 36.85 | 18,785 | 45.20 | <.0001 |
| DUB unrelated | |||||
| Vertigo, dizziness, Meniere’s Syndrome (386, 780.4, 780.7) | 1813 | 37.94 | 25,138 | 60.49 | <.0001 |
| Depression, insomnia, sleep disorders (300, 311, 307.4, 780.5) | 1449 | 30.32 | 25,976 | 62.51 | <.0001 |
| Migraine and headache (346, 784.0) | 1753 | 36.68 | 27,494 | 66.16 | <.0001 |
| Upper respiratory tract infection (460–465, 784.1) | 4475 | 93.64 | 41,111 | 98.92 | <.0001 |
| Digestive disorders (536, 564, 787.7) | 2557 | 53.50 | 33,740 | 81.19 | <.0001 |
*Chi-square test
Abbreviation: TCM traditional Chinese medicine, DUB dysfunctional uterine bleeding