Traditional Chinese Medicine ZHENG Identification Provides a Novel Stratification Approach in Patients with Allergic Rhinitis

Table 1

Basic characteristic of the observed patients (𝑛=114).

	Number (percentage)	Mean±SE
Age (yr)		27.80±1.19
Gender
Male	63 (55.3%)
Female	51 (44.7%)
Smoking	17 (14.9%)
Family history ^a	79 (69.3%)
Comobility^b	28 (24.6%)
Duration of AR (months)		93.75±6.86
Rhinoscopic findings	Turbinate swelling	1.86±0.06
	Nasal discharge	0.71±0.07
	Total scores	2.57±0.09
Sum of MCA2 (cm^2)		0.87±0.03
Inflammatory markers	IgE (kU/L)	407.60±66.01
	ECP (pg/mL)	18.89±2.01
	Eos (/mm^3)	279.35±19.65
Symptom scores	Nasal obstruction	2.04±0.08
	Sneezing	1.86±0.08
	Rhinorrhea	2.11±0.08
	Itchy nose	1.49±0.08
	Itchy eye	1.30±0.09
	Total symptom scores	8.81±0.29
Scores of ZHENG	Yin-Xu	6.25±0.33
	Yang-Xu	5.39±0.30
	Qi-Xu	7.25±0.38
	Blood-Xu	7.96±0.40
	Yin-Xu − Yang-Xu ^c	0.86±0.35
	Qi-Xu + Blood-Xu ^d	15.21±0.73

^aParents, grandparents, or siblings had allergic rhinitis, allergic asthma, atopic dermatitis, or urticaria.
^bPatients had allergic asthma, atopic dermatitis, or urticaria.
^cScore of Yang-Xu ZHENG subtracted from score Yin-Xu of ZHENG.
^dScore of Qi-Xu ZHENG added to score of Blood-Xu ZHENG.
AR: allergic rhinitis; MCA2 = the second minimal cross-sectional area.