Understanding the Molecular Mechanism of Interventions in Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Corresponding Traditional Chinese Medicine Patterns Based on Bioinformatics Approach
Figure 4
Effective rates of biomedical combination and TCM therapy for RA treatment. (a) effective rate at 24 weeks was 69.59% and 53.20% treated with biomedical combination therapy and TCM therapies, respectively. (b) and (c) ACR 20 response (effective rate) change following the TCM pattern change in TCM and biomedical group. The effective rate of the TCM therapy in the patients who showed TCM pattern changes from cold dominant pattern to noncold dominant pattern was higher (). The effective rate in the patients who showed TCM noncold dominant pattern to cold dominant pattern was lower (). After biomedical treatment for 24 weeks, the effective rate in the patients who showed TCM cold dominant pattern to noncold dominant pattern was similar to those continuing with cold dominant pattern (), while the effective rate in the patients who showed TCM pattern changes from noncold dominant pattern to cold dominant pattern was lower ().
