Research Article
Association between Nine Types of TCM Constitution and Five Chronic Diseases: A Correspondence Analysis Based on a Sample of 2,660 Participants
Table 2
Distribution of nine types of TCM constitution in five chronic diseases.
| | Chronic diseases | | Gentleness type | Qi-deficiency type | Yang-deficiency type | Yin-deficiency type | Phlegm-dampness type | Dampness-heat type | Blood-stasis type | Qi-depression type | Special diathesis type |
| | A | 1466 | 348 (23.70) | 279 (19.00) | 117 (8.00) | 134 (9.10) | 160 (10.90) | 127 (8.70) | 121 (8.30) | 94 (6.40) | 86 (5.90) | | B | 911 | 206 (22.60) | 158 (17.30) | 65 (7.10) | 61 (6.70) | 134 (14.70) | 93 (10.20) | 73 (8.00) | 70 (7.70) | 51 (5.60) | | C | 412 | 85 (20.60) | 79 (19.20) | 43 (10.40) | 34 (8.30) | 47 (11.40) | 49 (11.90) | 30 (7.30) | 24 (5.80) | 21 (5.10) | | D | 650 | 104 (16.00) | 200 (30.80) | 72 (11.10) | 52 (8.00) | 43 (6.60) | 40 (6.20) | 61 (9.40) | 49 (7.50) | 29 (4.50) | | E | 351 | 74 (21.10) | 55 (15.70) | 21 (6.00) | 28 (8.00) | 70 (19.90) | 39 (11.10) | 18 (5.10) | 29 (8.30) | 17 (4.80) |
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A: hypertension, B: hyperlipidemia, C: diabetes mellitus, D: heart disease, and E: obesity; , .
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