Cluster Analysis of Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome Types of 586 Patients of Knee Osteoarthropathy and Its Relationship with TCM Constitution

Objective:Investigate the traditional Chinese medicine syndrome types of knee osteoarthropathy and the relationship with TCM constitution.Methods:According to the ways of clinical epidemiology,586 female patients who were diagnosed to be osteoarthritis were studied prospectively between 50 to 74 years old from three hospitals in Beijing.Collect the four diagnostic information,which were analyzed for the clustering analysis by SPSS11.5 software.Investigate the nine constitutions of 586 patients with the nine constitutions in traditional Chinese medicine information scale written by WANG Qi.Results:(1)Diagnostic information by clustering analysis can be divided into 3 patterns:the type of wind cold damp impediment(141 cases),the type of kidney deficiency(386 cases)and the type of phlegm-blood stasis blocking(59 cases).(2)In the nine types of traditional Chinese Medicine constitution information,59 people had normal constitution(10.1%),527 people had abnormal constitution(89.9%).The common abnormal constitutions were Qi-deficiency constitution(26.8%),Yang-deficiency constitution(27.3%),Yin-deficiency constitution(13.7%).(3)The type of wind cold damp impediment was significant correlation with Qi-deficiency constitution,Yang-deficiency constitution and the normal constitution.The type of kidney deficiency was significant correlation with Qi-deficiency constitution,Yin-deficiency constitution and the normal constitution.The type of phlegm-blood stasis blocking was significant correlation with Qi-deficiency constitution,Yang-deficiency constitution,phlegm-dampness constitution and blood stasis constitution.Conclusion:The traditional Chinese medicine syndrome types of knee osteoarthropathy female patients between 50~74 years old were divided into 3 types in conformity with clinical practice.The common abnormal constitutions were Qi-deficiency constitution and Yang-deficiency constitution.Most constitutions were abnormal.The relationship between constitution and the traditional Chinese medicine syndrome types was that the type of wind cold damp impediment was significant correlation with Qi-deficiency constitution,Yang-deficiency constitution and the normal constitution.The type of kidney deficiency was significant correlation with Qi-deficiency constitution,Yin-deficiency constitution and the normal constitution.The type of phlegm-blood stasis blocking was significant correlation with Qi-deficiency constitution,Yang-deficiency constitution,phlegm-dampness constitution and blood stasis constitution.