Application of Metabolomics in Traditional Chinese Medicine Differentiation of Deficiency and Excess Syndromes in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus
Table 1
Clinical and biological characteristics of excess and deficiency syndromes in patients with DM.
Subjects with DM ()
Subjects without DM ()
Total
Excess
Deficiency
a
Total
b
Gender (male/female, )
0.718
0.969
Age (year)
<0.001
0.066
BMI (kg/m2)
0.261
0.056
Waist circumference (cm)
0.213
0.654
Hip circumference (cm)
0.358
0.781
Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR)
0.439
0.743
Obese
0.810
0.262
Hypertension
0.290
0.232
Hyperlipidemia
0.816
<0.001
Coronary heart disease
0.757
0.605
Cerebrovascular accident
0.878
1.000
Hyperuricemia
0.791
0.973
Fatty liver disease
0.112
0.053
SBP (mmHg)
0.391
0.006
DBP (mmHg)
0.209
0.764
FPG (mmol/L)
0.994
<0.0001
2h PG (mmol/L)
0.918
<0.0001
HbA1c (%)
0.461
<0.0001
TG (mmol/L)
0.908
0.068
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)
0.473
0.363
AST (U/L)
0.171
0.537
VLDL cholesterol (mmol/L)
0.951
0.322
a value refers to the comparison between excess versus deficiency syndromes within the DM group. b value refers to the comparison between subjects with and without DM using chi-square test or -test analysis.
