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

Table 4

Correlations on serum biomarker levels and TCM syndrome.

	Syndrome of wind		Syndrome of heat		Phlegm turbidity		Blood stasis		Syndrome of deficiency
	𝑟	𝑃	𝑟	𝑃	𝑟	𝑃	𝑟	𝑃	𝑟	𝑃
HCRP	0.223	0.000	0.096	0.116	0.162	0.008	0.055	0.367	0.084	0.170
MMP9	0.273	0.000	0.024	0.702	0.152	0.013	0.054	0.381	−0.003	0.960