Yi-Chen Liu, Chi-Hsiang Chung, Chien-Jung Lin, Sheng-Chiang Su, Feng-Chih Kuo, Jhih-Syuan Liu, Peng-Fei Li, Chia-Luen Huang, Li-Ju Ho, Chun-Yung Chang, Ming-Shiun Lin, Chih-Ping Lin, An-Che Cheng, Chien-Hsing Lee, Chang-Hsun Hsieh, Yi-Jen Hung, Hsin-Ya Liu, Chieh-Hua Lu, Wu-Chien Chien
BACKGROUND: Studies have confirmed that osteoporosis has been considered as one of the complications of diabetes, and the health hazards to patients are more obvious. This study is mainly based on the Taiwan National Health Insurance Database (TNHID). Through the analysis of TNHID, it is shown that the combined treatment of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) medicine in patients of diabetes with osteoporosis (T2DOP) with lower related risks. METHODS: According to the study design, 3131 patients selected from TNHID who received TCM treatment were matched by 1-fold propensity score according to gender, age, and inclusion date as the control group...
2024: PloS One