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Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment Associated with Female Infertility in Taiwan: A Population-Based Case-Control Study
BACKGROUND: Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for the treatment of female infertility remains ambiguous. The aim of the present case-control study was to examine the association between TCM treatment and successful pregnancy among infertile women. METHODS: This population-based case-control study i...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7749771/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33381200 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/3951741 |
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author | Liao, Yueh-Hsiang Lin, Jaung-Geng Lin, Cheng-Chieh Tsai, Chin-Chuan Lai, Hui-Lien Li, Tsai-Chung |
author_facet | Liao, Yueh-Hsiang Lin, Jaung-Geng Lin, Cheng-Chieh Tsai, Chin-Chuan Lai, Hui-Lien Li, Tsai-Chung |
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description | BACKGROUND: Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for the treatment of female infertility remains ambiguous. The aim of the present case-control study was to examine the association between TCM treatment and successful pregnancy among infertile women. METHODS: This population-based case-control study included the data from 2,627 infertile women with successful pregnancy and 2,627 infertile women without successful pregnancy using datasets from the Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2000 of the National Health Insurance Research Database during 2000–2010. The odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the relationship between TCM use and successful pregnancy in infertility women were estimated using logistic regression. RESULTS: Patients who received TCM treatment significantly increased in successful pregnancy (OR = 1.48; 95% CI = 1.31–1.66), compared with patients without TCM. Si-Wu-Tang (OR = 4.25; 95% CI = 2.18, 8.30), Gui-Zhi-Fu-Ling-Wan (OR = 3.27; 95% CI = 2.13, 5.02), and Jia-Wei-Xiao-Yao-San (OR = 3.17; 95% CI = 2.35, 4.28) were the TCM agents that were most strongly associated with successful pregnancy among infertile women. CONCLUSIONS: Our study findings indicate that TCM is associated with higher likelihood of successful pregnancy in infertile women, which is worthy of further investigation by randomized control trial. |
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spelling | pubmed-77497712020-12-29 Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment Associated with Female Infertility in Taiwan: A Population-Based Case-Control Study Liao, Yueh-Hsiang Lin, Jaung-Geng Lin, Cheng-Chieh Tsai, Chin-Chuan Lai, Hui-Lien Li, Tsai-Chung Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Research Article BACKGROUND: Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for the treatment of female infertility remains ambiguous. The aim of the present case-control study was to examine the association between TCM treatment and successful pregnancy among infertile women. METHODS: This population-based case-control study included the data from 2,627 infertile women with successful pregnancy and 2,627 infertile women without successful pregnancy using datasets from the Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2000 of the National Health Insurance Research Database during 2000–2010. The odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the relationship between TCM use and successful pregnancy in infertility women were estimated using logistic regression. RESULTS: Patients who received TCM treatment significantly increased in successful pregnancy (OR = 1.48; 95% CI = 1.31–1.66), compared with patients without TCM. Si-Wu-Tang (OR = 4.25; 95% CI = 2.18, 8.30), Gui-Zhi-Fu-Ling-Wan (OR = 3.27; 95% CI = 2.13, 5.02), and Jia-Wei-Xiao-Yao-San (OR = 3.17; 95% CI = 2.35, 4.28) were the TCM agents that were most strongly associated with successful pregnancy among infertile women. CONCLUSIONS: Our study findings indicate that TCM is associated with higher likelihood of successful pregnancy in infertile women, which is worthy of further investigation by randomized control trial. Hindawi 2020-12-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7749771/ /pubmed/33381200 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/3951741 Text en Copyright © 2020 Yueh-Hsiang Liao et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Liao, Yueh-Hsiang Lin, Jaung-Geng Lin, Cheng-Chieh Tsai, Chin-Chuan Lai, Hui-Lien Li, Tsai-Chung Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment Associated with Female Infertility in Taiwan: A Population-Based Case-Control Study |
title | Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment Associated with Female Infertility in Taiwan: A Population-Based Case-Control Study |
title_full | Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment Associated with Female Infertility in Taiwan: A Population-Based Case-Control Study |
title_fullStr | Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment Associated with Female Infertility in Taiwan: A Population-Based Case-Control Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment Associated with Female Infertility in Taiwan: A Population-Based Case-Control Study |
title_short | Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment Associated with Female Infertility in Taiwan: A Population-Based Case-Control Study |
title_sort | traditional chinese medicine treatment associated with female infertility in taiwan: a population-based case-control study |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7749771/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33381200 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/3951741 |
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