Table 5.
Stratified Analysis: Comparison of the Quality of Life (EQ-5D VAS) of Breast Cancer Patients Between TCM Group and Non-TCM Group.
| Variables | Non-TCM group (ref) |
TCM group |
Adjusted model& |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Mean | SD | n | mean | SD | β | SE | P value | |
| Total | 225 | 78.80 | 13.10 | 225 | 81.60 | 11.70 | 3.45 | 1.12 | .002 |
| Stage I | 85 | 78.22 | 13.43 | 85 | 80.16 | 11.69 | 0.30 | 1.84 | .871 |
| Stage II | 95 | 78.76 | 13.95 | 95 | 83.04 | 11.47 | 5.58 | 2.10 | .008 |
| Stage III | 45 | 80.002 | 10.55 | 45 | 81.27 | 11.96 | 4.35 | 2.08 | .037 |
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Conditional multiple regression model has been adjusted for variables including age, BMI, education, marital status, living condition, monthly salary, religion, working conditions, exercise habit, years of cancer, recurrence or metastasis, and scores on the EORTC QLQ-C3 5 functional scales (physical, role, cognitive, emotional, and social).