The Correlation between High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein, Matrix Metallopeptidase 9, and Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome in Patients with Hypertension

Table 3

The positive rate comparison of TCM syndrome in different serum levels of HCRP and MMP9.

	HCRP				MMP9
	HCRP < 3 mg/L; cases (%)	HCRP ≥ 3 mg/L; cases (%)	𝜒^2	𝑃	MMP9 < 140 ng/mL; cases (%)	MMP9 ≥ 140 ng/mL; cases (%)	𝜒^2	𝑃
Cases	180	88	—	—	87	181	—	—
Syndrome of wind	25 (13.9%)	30 (34.1%)	14.789	0.000	7 (8%)	48 (26.5%)	12.294	0.000
Syndrome of heat	26 (14.4%)	15 (17.0%)	0.309	0.579	12 (13.8%)	29 (16.0%)	0.225	0.635
Phlegm turbidity	19 (10.6%)	22 (25.0%)	9.517	0.002	7 (8%)	34 (18.8%)	5.229	0.029
Blood stasis	132 (73.3%)	70 (79.5%)	1.229	0.294	62 (71.3%)	140 (77.3%)	1.172	0.279
Syndrome of deficiency	35 (19.4%)	23 (26.1%)	1.561	0.212	18 (20.7%)	40 (22.1%)	0.069	0.793