Rheumatoid Arthritis with Deficiency Pattern in Traditional Chinese Medicine Shows Correlation with Cold and Hot Patterns in Gene Expression Profiles

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Clinical symptoms</td><td align="center">Factor loading</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Deformity</td><td align="center">0.81</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Inhibited bending and stretching in limbs</td><td align="center">0.69</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Pin occurring or worsening at night</td><td align="center">0.63</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Pain occurring or worsening during moodiness</td><td align="center">0.58</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Numbness</td><td align="center">0.40</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td> *The data in the table are factor loadings obtained after oblique PROMAX rotation. The factor loading represents the correlation power of the symptom with the factor. A loading value of more than 0.20 suggests that there is correlation of the articular manifestation with the factor.<br/></td></tr></table>

The factor related to deficiency pattern obtained in factor analysis after oblique PROMAX rotation*.

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Table 2: Rheumatoid Arthritis with Deficiency Pattern in Traditional Chinese Medicine Shows Correlation with Cold and Hot Patterns in Gene Expression Profiles 

Table 2 | Rheumatoid Arthritis with Deficiency Pattern in Traditional Chinese Medicine Shows Correlation with Cold and Hot Patterns in Gene Expression Profiles 