Interrater Reliability of Chinese Medicine Diagnosis in People with Prediabetes

Table 4

TCM diagnosis for prediabetes and biomarkers.

Marker	TCM diagnosis
	Yin deficiency (𝑛=6)	Qi and Yin deficiency (𝑛=7)	Spleen Qi deficiency with Damp (𝑛=6)	One-way ANOVA; P value
Hypertension^∧	3	5	3^a
Fasting blood glucose mmol/L (SD)	5.8 (0.8)	5.9 (0.7)	7.0 (0.9)*	0.054
2 hr glucose tolerance mmol/L (SD)	9.8 (2.2)	9.3 (1.6)	12.3 (3.4)	0.131
Insulin mmol/L (SD)	12.5 (8.3)	12.1 (4.6)	23.8 (8.6)**	0.027
Insulin resistance (SD)	1.8 (1.1)	1.6 (0.7)	3.2 (1.1)**	0.035
Glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c %) (SD)	6.1 (0.6)	6.0 (0.4)	6.6 (0.3)^†	0.060
Triglycerides mmol/L (SD)	1.2 (0.6)	1.7 (0.7)	3.2 (2.2)^∧ ∧	0.053
Total cholesterol mmol/L (SD)	4.8 (0.7)	5.1 (1.0)	4.8 (0.9)	0.755
High density lipoprotein mmol/L (SD)	1.8 (0.5)	1.6 (0.5)	1.1 (0.3)^∧	0.074
Body Mass Index (SD)	27.7 (2.5)	28.7 (4.5)	33.7 (3.6)^∧ ∧	0.057

aBiochemical data missing for one participant.
^∧Refers to participants who were currently taking medication for hypertension.
*Difference between spleen Qi deficiency with Damp and the other two diagnostic categories (𝑃<0.10).
**Difference between spleen Qi deficiency with Damp and the other two diagnostic categories (𝑃<0.05).
^†Difference between spleen Qi deficiency with Damp and Qi and Yin deficiency (𝑃<0.10).
^††Difference between spleen Qi deficiency with Damp and Qi and Yin deficiency (𝑃<0.05).
^∧Difference between spleen Qi deficiency with Damp and Yin deficiency (𝑃<0.10).
^{∧ ∧}Difference between spleen Qi deficiency with Damp and Yin deficiency (𝑃<0.05).