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 3

Number of unbalanced traditional Chinese medicine body constitutions in female patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (N = 295).

Number of unbalanced body constitution types	n (%)	Cumulative n (%)	Observed combination/all possible combinations (%)	Type with the highest frequency (count)
1	77 (26.1)	77 (26.1)	8/8 (100.0)	B (22)
2	53 (18.0)	130 (44.1)	21/28 (75.0)	BD (7)
3	47 (15.9)	177 (60.0)	22/56 (39.3)	BDE (5)
4	33 (11.2)	210 (71.2)	22/70 (31.4)	BDGH (4)
5	31 (10.5)	241 (81.7)	15/56 (26.8)	BDEFG (7)
6	26 (8.8)	267 (90.5)	12/28 (42.9)	BDEFGH (6)
7	17 (5.8)	284 (96.3)	5/8 (62.5)	BCDEFGH (6)
8	11 (3.7)	295 (100.0)	1/1 (100.0)	BCDEFGHI (11)
Total	—	—	108/255 (42.4)	—

The total number of patients in this study was 317, which is equal to the 295 patients shown in Table 2 plus 22 patients with a balanced body constitution (gentleness type). B: Qi-deficiency; C: Yang-deficiency; D: Yin-deficiency; E: phlegm-wetness; F: wetness-heat; G: blood-stasis; H: Qi-depression; and I: special diathesis.