Association between Nine Types of TCM Constitution and Five Chronic Diseases: A Correspondence Analysis Based on a Sample of 2,660 Participants

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of 2,660 patients.

Characteristic	Classification		Percentage (%)
Gender	Male	1,400	52.63
	Female	1,260	47.37
Age (years)	15–24	85	3.20
	25–34	190	7.14
	35–44	495	18.61
	45–54	702	26.39
	55–64	573	21.54
	≥65	615	23.12
Education	Primary school	324	12.18
	Middle school	1,267	47.63
	College degree and above	1,069	40.19
Constitution types	Gentleness type	600	22.56
	Qi-deficiency type	508	19.10
	Yang-deficiency type	230	8.65
	Yin-deficiency type	225	8.46
	Phlegm-dampness type	295	11.09
	Dampness-heat type	248	9.32
	Blood-stasis type	216	8.12
	Qi-depression type	194	7.29
	Special diathesis type	144	5.41
Chronic diseases	Hypertension	1,466	55.11
	Hyperlipidemia	911	34.25
	Diabetes mellitus	412	15.49
	Heart disease	650	24.44
	Obesity	351	13.20