Analysis on traditional Chinese medicine syndroms of 401 rheumatoid arthritis patients
- VernacularTitle:401例类风湿关节炎患者中医证候要素分析
- Author:
Jing LI
;
Ganping BAI
;
Yong WANG
;
Yongfei FANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
rheumatoid arthritis;
traditional Chinese medicine syndrome;
multivariate statistical analysis
- From:Journal of Third Military Medical University
2003;0(21):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the traditional Chinese medicine ( TCM) syndromes of rheumatoid arthritis ( RA) by studying the Chinese medical patterns,and analyze the correlations of different indicators and related syndromes. Methods The questionnaires were designed according to clinical epidemiological theories. The data were collected and analyzed by multivariate statistical methods. Results The TCM symptoms of the 401 cases of RA were concluded into 3 common factors,that is,cold,heat and deficient. Their syndromes were sub-classified as 6 groups: cold syndrome,heat syndrome,deficiency,cold heat complex,deficient cold and asthenic fever. Statistical analysis showed that there were significant differences in health assessment questionnaire ( HAQ) ,platelet ( PLT) ,rheumatoid factor ( RF) ,anti-keratin antibody ( AKA) among these 6 TCM syndromes ( P
