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The demographic and clinical factors associated with nonstandard treatment
Variable Total patients with standard and nonstandard treatment (N=15 431) Patients with nonstandard treatment (N=8460) Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis OR (95% CI) p-value aOR (95% CI) p-value Sex Males 4197 2359 (56.2%) Ref. Ref. Females 11 234 6101 (54.3%) 0.93 (0.86–0.99) 0.035 0.98 (0.91–1.06) 0.640 Age years 40–49 520 209 (40.2%) Ref. Ref. 50–59 1798 816 (45.4%) 1.24 (1.01–1.51) 0.036 1.23 (1.01–1.5) 0.044 60–69 4444 2188 (49.2%) 1.44 (1.2–1.74) <0.001 1.42 (1.18–1.71) <0.001 70–79 5568 3162 (56.8%) 1.96 (1.63–2.35) <0.001 1.92 (1.6–2.31) <0.001 ≥80 3101 2085 (67.2%) 3.05 (2.52–3.7) <0.001 3.01 (2.49–3.65) <0.001 Comorbidity Rheumatoid arthritis No 13 998 7591 (54.2%) Ref. Ref. Yes 1433 869 (60.6%) 1.30 (1.16–1.45) <0.001 1.36 (1.21–1.53) <0.001 Bronchiectasis No 11 664 6380 (54.7%) Ref. Ref. Yes 3767 2080 (55.2%) 1.02 (0.95–1.1) 0.579 1.02 (0.95–1.1) 0.618 COPD No 14 350 7783 (54.2%) Ref. Ref. Yes 1081 677 (62.6%) 1.41 (1.24–1.61) <0.001 1.31 (1.14–1.49) <0.001 Sequelae of pulmonary TB No 14 628 7988 (54.6%) Ref. Ref. Yes 803 472 (58.8%) 1.19 (1.03–1.37) 0.021 1.02 (0.88–1.18) 0.828 Interstitial pneumonia No 14 038 7655 (54.5%) Ref. Ref. Yes 1393 805 (57.8%) 1.14 (1.02–1.28) 0.020 1.02 (0.91–1.15) 0.732 Patients who did not receive treatment were excluded from the regression analysis. International Classification of Diseases 10 codes for aspergillosis (B487, B449 and B441), rheumatoid arthritis (M0510, M0530, M0590, M0600, M0690, M0691, M0692, M0693, M0694, M0695, M0696, M0697, M0698 and M0800), bronchiectasis (J47, A162 and Q334), COPD (J449), sequelae of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) (B909), lung cancer (C340, C341, C342, C343, C349, C780, C795 and Z122), interstitial pneumonia (J704, J841, J849, M0510, M330, M321, M332 and M351) and diabetes mellitus (E10 and E11). To ensure the specificity of comorbidities, a comorbidity was identified when at least five associated claims were made. aOR: adjusted odds ratio; Ref.: reference. p<0.05 was considered statistically significant.