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

Table 2

Correlations of study variables.

Symptom score	Total	Nasal obstruction	Sneezing	Rhinorrhea	Itchy nose	Itchy eyes
Age	0.064	0.103	0.067	0.011	0.047	0.011
Smoking	−0.115	−0.095	−0.050	−0.128	−0.040	−0.085
Comobility^a	0.104	0.063	0.132	0.119	0.060	0.026
Duration of AR	0.243*	0.109	0.133	0.123	0.172	0.312*
Rhinoscopic findings	0.117	0.110	0.014	0.108	−0.110	0.107
MCA2	−0.109	−0.063	−0.085	−0.039	−0.156	−0.070
IgE	0.081	−0.180	0.157	0.064	0.029	0.049
ECP	0.116	−0.022	0.164	0.206*	0.119	−0.018
Eos	0.120	−0.600	0.126	0.156	0.101	0.037
Yin-Xu	0.357*	0.206*	0.188*	0.200*	0.352*	0.340*
Yang-Xu	0.730	0.128	−0.810	−0.180	0.0780	0.131
Qi-Xu	0.256*	0.199*	0.054	0.012	0.342*	0.304*
Blood-Xu	0.267*	0.194*	0.097	0.074	0.281*	0.332*
Yin-Xu − Yang-Xu	0.282*	0.082	0.259*	0.238*	0.245*	0.196*
Qi-Xu + Blood-Xu	0.266*	0.194*	0.065	0.036	0.325*	0.339*

Data presented with coefficient.
* 𝑃value<0.05.
^aPatients had allergic asthma, atopic dermatitis, or urticaria.