Research Article

Clinical and Epidemiological Investigation of TCM Syndromes of Patients with Coronary Heart Disease in China

Table 4

Comparison of the frequencies of syndrome combinations and deficiency or excess syndrome between North and South China.

Syndrome combinationsDeficiency or excess syndrome
Single syndromeTwo-syndrome combinationThree-syndrome combinationFour-syndrome combinationDeficiency syndromeExcess syndromePrimary deficiency and secondary excess syndrome

NorthChina130 (38.1%)164 (48.1%)38 (11.1%)9 (2.7%)45 (13.2%)193 (56.6%)103 (30.2%)
SouthChina15 (5.3%)68 (24.0%)172 (60.8%)28 (9.9%)10 (3.5%)29 (10.3%)244 (86.2%)
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