Symptoms Based on Deficiency Syndrome in Traditional Chinese Medicine Might Be Predictor of Frailty in Elderly Community Dwellers

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Additional value of TCM symptoms based on deficiency syndrome compared with the baseline model for the prediction of frailty. Risk assessment plots for the baseline model (dashed lines) and new model including selected TCM symptoms based on deficiency syndrome (solid lines). Event curves (black lines) represent sensitivity vs calculated risk. No event curves (red lines) represent 1 − specificity vs calculated risk. Baseline model: age, education level, dietary habits, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, cerebral infarction, osteoporosis. New model: baseline model + selected TCM symptoms based on deficiency syndrome (cold limbs, lethargy and laziness in speaking and moving, weakness of lower limbs, slow movement, dry mouth and throat, glazed expression). The left figure (a) shows the prediction for frailty cumulative components “≥1”, and the right figure (b) shows the prediction for frailty cumulative components “≥2”.

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