Research Article
Development of a Diagnostic Questionnaire for Damp Phlegm Pattern and Blood Stasis Pattern in Coronary Heart Disease Patients (CHD-DPBSPQ)
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of the patients with CHD-DPBSP.
| | Characteristic | Pilot study CHD-DPBSP (%, n = 103) | Validation study | | CHD-DPBSP (%, n = 729) | CHD-DPBSP (%, n = 81) |
| | Age, mean ± SD (range) | 68.8 ± 9.2 (46, 91) | 67.5 ± 10.6 (32.0, 91.0) | 66.9 ± 12.2 (38.0, 90.0) |
| | Sex | | | | | Male | 62 (60.2) | 460 (63.1) | 48 (59.3) | | Female | 41 (39.8) | 269 (36.9) | 33 (40.7) |
| | Ethnicity | | | | | Han | 101 (98.1) | 724 (99.3) | 81 (100.0) | | Others | 2 (1.9) | 5 (0.7) | 0 (0) |
| | Marital status | | | | | Married | 103 (100) | 725 (99.5) | 100 (100.0) | | Unmarried | 0 (0) | 4 (0.5) | 0 (0) |
| | Occupation | | | | | Worker | 0 (0) | 66 (9.1) | 9 (11.1) | | Farmer | 3 (2.9) | 73 (10.0) | 7 (8.6) | | Specialist | 3 (2.9) | 26 (3.6) | 2 (2.5) | | Staff | 3 (3.9) | 67 (9.2) | 11 (13.6.0) | | Retiree | 94 (91.3) | 497 (67.5) | 52 (64.2) |
| | Other disease | | | | | Yes | 85 (82.5) | 641 (88.0) | 71 (87.7) | | No | 18 (17.5) | 88 (12.0) | 10 (12.3) |
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CHD-DPBSP: damp phlegm pattern and blood stasis pattern for coronary heart disease. These patients were used for the retest. |
