1.Correlation Research of Plasma Glucose, Blood Pressure Level and TCM Syndromes in Shanghai Community Residents
Dong LI ; Huayu HE ; Zhan GU ; Huimin ZHU ; Xiuhua SUN ; Haoqing LING ; Peihua ZHANG ; Jianying WANG ; Baocheng LIU ; Lei ZHANG
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2018;20(9):1705-1712
Objectives: The purpose of this study is to understand the relationships among plasma glucose, blood pressure level and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) syndromes in Shanghai community residents, and provide a theoretical basis for the prevention of community chronic disease based on TCM syndrome differentiation.Methods: Residents above35 years old will attend the Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2 DM) risk assessment at Community Health Center. By distributing questionnaires and performing glucose testing, we screened the residents at high risk of T2 DM, and conducted a physical examination of them. Further, a body constitution questionnaire was required to be completed by the residents. Results: In total, 933 residents were screened. The plasma glucose and blood pressure levels related to age, waist circumference, hip circumference, body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) . Residents with increasing blood pressure have an increased risk of T2 DM (P < 0.01) . Total 529 questionnaires were completed, and 129 subjects (24.4%) have single TCM syndromes, 75 subjects (14.2%) have at least two TCM syndromes and 325 subjects (61.4%) have no TCM syndromes. Conclusion: Plasma glucose and blood pressure are associated and interacted with several physical indexes. TCM syndromes distribution was found no significant change among subjects with different plasma glucose and blood pressure.