Distribution of Traditional Chinese Medical Syndrome Elements in Early Renal Injury Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus / 广州中医药大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the regularity of the distribution of traditional Chinese medical syndrome elements in early renal injury patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus ( T2DM) . Methods A total of 200 patients with T2DM early renal injury were enrolled into the study. Syndrome element differentiation was carried out for the analysis of the distribution of syndrome location and syndrome nature. Results ( 1) Kidney had the highest scores of syndrome location , and then came the spleen, and meridians and collaterals . The syndrome location scores of kidney, spleen, meridians and collaterals differed from those of liver, heart, lung, and stomach ( P<0.01) . ( 2) In excess syndrome elements, the percentage of syndrome elements of phlegm, blood stasis, dampness was in decreasing sequence. In deficiency syndrome elements, the percentage of syndrome elements of yin deficiency, qi deficiency, and yang deficiency was in decreasing sequence. ( 3) For the distribution of syndrome elements, kidney yin deficiency had the highest scores, next came spleen qi deficiency, and finally came blood stasis of meridians and collaterals. Conclusion In T2DM early renal injury patients, kidney, spleen, meridians and collaterals are the main affected location; yin deficiency, qi deficiency, and yang deficiency are the predominant deficiency syndrome elements, and phlegm, blood stasis, dampness are the predominant excess syndrome elements. Kidney yin deficiency, spleen qi deficiency , and blood stasis of meridians and collaterals are the commonly-seen syndrome patterns in T2DM patients with early renal injury.