Selection of Characteristic Information for the Diagnosis of Traditional Chinese Medical Syndrome in Rheumatoid Arthritis
- VernacularTitle:类风湿性关节炎中医证候诊断中特征信息的选择
- Author:
Jianting LI
;
Zhaozhi DENG
;
Xinfeng GUO
;
Yumian YU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
ARTHRITIS,RHEUMATOID;
SYNDROMES;
COMPUTERIZED PATTERN RECOGNITION;
CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETERS
- From:
Journal of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2000;0(04):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To obtain the effective characteristic information for the standardization of diagnosis of traditional Chinese medical(TCM) syndrome in rheumatoid arthritis(RA).Methods Fifty-four items of symptoms and signs in RA patients were input into the computer,and Mahalanobis distance discriminant analysis(DDA) was used for the selection of effective indexes.Results According to the weight value and the result of T test,17 items from 54 had the highest rate of discrimination accuracy,up to 96.5%.Conclusion The results of computerized pattern recognition for the syndrome diagnosis of RA are consistent with the clinical diagnosis,which indicates that computerized pattern recognition can be used for the standardization of syndrome diagnosis of RA.