Research Article

Correlation between Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndromes and Type 2 Myocardial Infarction in Critically Ill Patients with Pulmonary Disease

Table 2

TCM syndromes in patients with vs. without T2MI.

All
n = 244
T2MI
n = 78
Non-T2MI
n = 166
Statistics

TCM syndrome [n (%)]
 Phlegm syndrome151 (61.9)40 (51.3)111 (66.9)x2 = 5.4650.019
 Deficiency syndrome93 (38.1)38 (48.7)55 (33.1)
TCM syndrome subtype [n (%)]
 Phlegm retention syndrome83 (34.0)19 (24.4)64 (38.6)x2 = 7.0340.134
 Phlegm turbidity obstruction lung syndrome68 (27.9)21 (26.9)47 (28.3)
 Qi deficiency syndrome50 (20.5)21 (26.9)29 (17.5)
 Qi-blood deficiency syndrome28 (11.5)12 (15.4)16 (9.6)
 Blood deficiency syndrome15 (6.1)5 (6.4)10 (6.0)

Abbreviation: TCM, traditional Chinese medicine; T2MI, type 2 myocardial infarction.