Total | Gender | Highest academic qualification | Practice duration | Location of practicing | ||||||||||||
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N = 1910 | Male | Female | P value* | Junior college degree | Bachelor’s degree | Master’s degree | TCM practitioners with no college education (n = 94) | P value* | <10 years | 10–20 years | >20 years | P value* | Rural | Urban | P value* | |
(n = 780) | (n = 1,130) | (n = 1,346) | (n = 455) | (n = 15) | (n = 650) | (n = 917) | (n = 343) | (n = 454) | (n = 1,456) | |||||||
Obesity | 96.7 | 96.6 | 96.9 | 0.807 | 96.5 | 96.8 | 100 | 100 | 0.321 | 96.5 | 96.4 | 97.4 | 0.614 | 98.0 | 96.4 | 0.154 |
Limited physical activity | 73.2 | 73.3 | 73.0 | 0.884 | 74.1 | 67.6 | 66.7 | 76.8 | 0.070 | 76.3 | 73.2 | 68.4 | 0.037 | 74.9 | 72.7 | 0.431 |
Smoking | 96.3 | 96.6 | 96.0 | 0.475 | 96.1 | 95.5 | 100 | 98.8 | 0.457 | 96.9 | 95.8 | 96.7 | 0.561 | 97.4 | 96.0 | 0.219 |
Excessive drinking | 94.3 | 93.2 | 95.0 | 0.123 | 93.5 | 95.8 | 93.3 | 98.8 | 0.108 | 95.5 | 94.7 | 92.0 | 0.069 | 93.0 | 94.6 | 0.239 |
Hypertension | 99.7 | 99.6 | 99.8 | 0.402 | 99.7 | 99.8 | 100 | 100 | 0.969 | 99.8 | 99.5 | 99.8 | 0.738 | 99.7 | 99.7 | 0.982 |
Diabetes | 96.1 | 96.7 | 95.7 | 0.321 | 95.6 | 97.3 | 86.7 | 96.4 | 0.137 | 95.8 | 96.4 | 95.3 | 0.669 | 92.5 | 97.0 | <0.001 |
Atrial fibrillation | 92.0 | 90.8 | 92.7 | 0.152 | 91.5 | 93.5 | 93.3 | 87.7 | 0.308 | 89.5 | 91.9 | 92.4 | 0.278 | 89.1 | 92.7 | 0.028 |
Atherosclerotic CAD | 95.2 | 93.6 | 96.2 | 0.013 | 95.1 | 94.8 | 93.3 | 96.3 | 0.930 | 92.7 | 96.5 | 93.6 | 0.930 | 94.7 | 95.3 | 0.648 |
Carotid plaque | 96.7 | 95.9 | 97.2 | 0.146 | 95.9 | 98.2 | 100 | 100 | 0.032 | 95.2 | 96.4 | 97.6 | 0.170 | 96.5 | 96.7 | 0.841 |
Carotid stenosis | 94.9 | 94.3 | 95.2 | 0.408 | 93.9 | 96.7 | 93.3 | 97.5 | 0.115 | 92.6 | 95.7 | 94.5 | 0.090 | 92.6 | 95.4 | 0.037 |
Prior TIA | 98.0 | 97.2 | 98.5 | 0.056 | 97.5 | 99.5 | 93.3 | 96.4 | 0.041 | 98.1 | 97.9 | 97.2 | 0.616 | 98.2 | 97.9 | 0.720 |
Prior minor stroke | 98.0 | 97.7 | 98.1 | 0.545 | 97.9 | 98.0 | 93.3 | 97.5 | 0.665 | 97.6 | 97.6 | 98.1 | 0.848 | 99.4 | 97.6 | 0.038 |
Elevated total cholesterol | 98.3 | 97.9 | 98.5 | 0.462 | 97.5 | 99.8 | 100 | 100 | 0.015 | 97.9 | 98.1 | 98.6 | 0.715 | 99.1 | 98.0 | 0.163 |
Elevated LDL-C | 92.2 | 92.4 | 92.1 | 0.927 | 91.8 | 94.1 | 80.0 | 89.0 | 0.092 | 93.5 | 91.6 | 89.5 | 0.121 | 91.8 | 92.3 | 0.761 |
Elevated triglycerides | 98.0 | 97.8 | 98.2 | 0.604 | 97.3 | 99.5 | 100 | 100 | 0.021 | 97.6 | 97.8 | 98.1 | 0.872 | 99.1 | 97.8 | 0.100 |
Hyperhomocysteinemia | 89.9 | 88.4 | 90.9 | 0.094 | 89.1 | 92.2 | 80.0 | 86.8 | 0.149 | 91.1 | 90.6 | 84.7 | 0.004 | 87.9 | 90.4 | 0.182 |