TCM Syndrome Classification of Asthenospermia and Oligospermatism Based on Factor Analysis
10.11842/wst.2013.03.038
- VernacularTitle:基于因子分析法的弱、少精子症中医证候分型研究*
- Author:
Jianshe CHEN
;
Zixue SUN
;
Xiang CHEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Asthenospermia and oligospermatism;
syndrome;
factor analysis
- From:
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2013;(3):560-562
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
This study was aimed to explore rules of classification and quantitative diagnosis of syndromes of as-thenospermia and oligospermatism on the basis of statistical analysis of the multi-factor. Factor analysis was used to analyze clinical symptoms of 507 patients. Scores were given according to the severity of symptoms. Five repre-sentative factors were extracted from the symptoms of asthenospermia and oligospermatism, which are the downward diffusion of damp-heat, kidney essence insufficiency, kidney yang deficiency, liver qi stagnation and kidney yin deficiency. Syndromes were quantized at the same time. Rules of syndrome sorting and quantitative diagnosis which come from large-scale sample provide evidences for clinical diagnosis of asthenospermia and oligospermatism.