Research Article
Development of a Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome-Specific Scale for Ulcerative Colitis: The Large Intestine Dampness-Heat Syndrome Questionnaire
Table 2
Characteristics of the included patients.
| | | Pilot study | | Validation study | | | LIDHS (n = 80) | LIDHS (n = 249) | Other syndromes (n = 521) | P value |
| | Age (years, ) | 48.3 ± 16.9 | 46.4 ± 15.3 | 45.8 ± 16.2 | 0.655 | | Sex | | | | | | Male | 50 (62.5) | 152 (61.0) | 239 (45.9) | < 0.001 | | Female | 30 (37.5) | 97 (39.0) | 282 (54.1) | | | Marital status | | | | | | Married | 75 (93.8) | 223 (89.6) | 455 (87.3) | 0.373 | | Unmarried | 5 (6.3) | 26 (10.4) | 66 (12.7) | | | Occupation | | | | | | Employed | 28 (35.0) | 92 (36.9) | 156 (29.9) | 0.254 | | Retiree | 11 (13.8) | 33 (13.3) | 68 (13.1) | | | Student | 1 (1.3) | 7 (2.8) | 25 (4.8) | | | Unemployed | 26 (32.5) | 70 (28.1) | 155 (29.8) | | | Unclear | 14 (17.5) | 47 (18.9) | 117 (22.5) | | | Smoking | | | | | | Yes | 13 (16.3) | 32 (12.9) | 56 (10.7) | 0.391 | | No | 67 (83.8) | 217 (87.1) | 465 (89.3) | | | Drinking | | | | | | Yes | 7 (8.8) | 24 (9.6) | 45 (8.6) | 0.649 | | No | 73 (91.3) | 225 (90.4) | 476 (91.4) | | | Dietary preference | | | | | | Yes | 8 (10.0) | 19 (7.6) | 60 (11.5) | 0.096 | | No | 72 (90.0) | 230 (92.4) | 461 (88.5) | | | Family history | | | | | | Yes | 2 (2.5) | 5 (2.0) | 13 (2.5) | 0.676 | | No | 78 (97.5) | 244 (98.0) | 508 (97.5) | |
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LIDHS: large intestine dampness-heat syndrome.
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