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This study was aimed to explore the correlation between the phlegm-stasis syndrome of coronary heart disease ( CHD ) and multiple objective indexes in order to provide the basis for clinical study of phlegm-stasis syndrome of CHD . A total of 120 patients were divided into the phlegm-stasis syndrome group ( 76 cases ) and the non-phlegm-stasis syndrome group ( 44 cases ) . And 20 cases of healthy volunteers were selected as the normal control group . Comparison and statistical analysis were made from aspects of blood lipids , glucose metabolism , inflammation factor and etc . The results showed that the levels of total cholesterol ( TC ) , triglyceride ( TG ) , low density lipoprotein cholesterol ( LDL-C ) , fasting insulin ( FINS ) , hypersensitive C-reactive protein ( hs-CRP ) , matrix metalloproteinase-9 ( MMP-9 ) in the phlegm-stasis syndrome group were significantly higher than those in the normal control group and the non-phlegm-stasis syndrome group ( P <0.05, or P < 0.01). It was concluded that the levels of TC, TG, LDL-C, FINS, hs-CRP and MMP-9 can provide objective basis for the phlegm-stasis syndrome of CHD .
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Objective To analyze the internal relationship between phlegm stasis syndrome (痰浊内阻证) and blood stasis syndrome (血瘀证) in cases with carotid atherosclerosis. Methods The clinical data of 136 patients with atherosclerosis accompanied by phlegm stasis and blood stasis syndromes were collected from the investigation table of the 4 diagnostic methods in traditional Chinese medicine(TCM); the principal components of the clinical data were statistically analyzed, and the correlative relationships of these principal components were studied. Results There were two principal components of phlegm stasis syndrome, which were tz1 and tz2. And tz1 cumulated 42.645% to phlegm stasis syndrome, which could be considered as phlegm stasis in limbs and tunnel; tz2 cumulated 24.898% to phlegm stasis syndrome, which could be considered as phlegm stasis in the body that might impair the 7 orifices (such as eyes, ears, nose and mouth). And they could also be considered as special markers of phlegm stasis syndrome of carotid atherosclerosis. There were three principal components of blood stasis syndrome, which were xy1, xy2 and xy3. And xy1 cumulated 37.197% to blood stasis syndrome, which could be considered as blood stasis in the artery and tunnel; xy2 cumulated 21.627% to blood stasis syndrome, which could be considered as the blood outside the vessels located in the body and could obstruct tunnel and could not nourish muscle and skin; then, xy3 cumulated 13.685% to blood stasis syndrome, which could be considered as the blood stayed in the brain and could not nourish brain and might reflect as a special marker of blood stasis syndrome of carotid atherosclerosis. There was significant positive correlative relationship between phlegm stasis syndrome principal component 1 and blood stasis syndrome principal component either 1 or 2 (P