Analysis on traditional Chinese medicine syndroms of 401 rheumatoid arthritis patients / 第三军医大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the traditional Chinese medicine ( TCM) syndromes of rheumatoid arthritis ( RA) by studying the Chinese medical patterns,and analyze the correlations of different indicators and related syndromes. Methods The questionnaires were designed according to clinical epidemiological theories. The data were collected and analyzed by multivariate statistical methods. Results The TCM symptoms of the 401 cases of RA were concluded into 3 common factors,that is,cold,heat and deficient. Their syndromes were sub-classified as 6 groups cold syndrome,heat syndrome,deficiency,cold heat complex,deficient cold and asthenic fever. Statistical analysis showed that there were significant differences in health assessment questionnaire ( HAQ) ,platelet ( PLT) ,rheumatoid factor ( RF) ,anti-keratin antibody ( AKA) among these 6 TCM syndromes ( P