Table 3.
Incidence (1000 Person-Years) and Incidence Ratio of Mortality for Cancer Patients With and Without TCM Treatment.
| Comparison | TCM |
Control (B0A0) |
Ratioc (99% CI) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PY | Eventa | Rateb (99% CI) | PY | Eventa | Rateb (99% CI) | ||
| B0A1 vs B0A0 | 10 725.0 | 1105 | 103.0 (95.0–111.0) | 43 515.0 | 4297 | 98.7 (94.9–102.6) | 1.0 (1.0–1.1) |
| B1A0 vs B0A0 | 24 145.0 | 5574 | 230.9 (222.9–238.8) | 28 645.0 | 4674 | 163.2 (157.0–169.3) | 1.4 (1.3–1.5)d |
| B1A1 vs B0A0 | 40 895.0 | 2832 | 69.3 (65.9–72.6) | 3602.0 | 3807 | 105.7 (202.3–1110.1) | 0.7 (0.6–0.7)d |
Abbreviations: TCM, traditional Chinese medicine; PY, total person-years.
a
Event indicates number of events.
b
Rate indicates incidence.
c
Ratio indicates incidence ratio.
d
Statistically significant at P < .01.