Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Article

Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine Body Constitution and Health-Related Quality of Life in Female Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Distribution of traditional Chinese medicine body constitutions in female patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (N = 317).
Body constitution typen (% of N)% of unbalanced body constitution type (n = 295)
Balanced  
 Gentleness22 (6.9)Not applicable
Unbalanced  
 Qi-deficiency190 (59.9)64.4
 Yang-deficiency116 (36.6)39.3
 Yin-deficiency170 (53.6)57.6
 Phlegm-wetness109 (34.4)36.9
 Wetness-heat84 (26.5)28.5
 Blood-stasis143 (45.1)48.5
 Qi-depression95 (30.0)32.2
 Special diathesis67 (21.1)22.7
The total percentage exceeded 100 because of the presence of multiple body constitutions in some patients.