Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis “Yang-Xu Zheng”: Significant Prognostic Predictor for Patients with Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock

Table 3

Frequency of TCM Zhengs between patients with severe sepsis and septic shock.

TCM 𝑍ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑔^a	Total (𝑛=126)	Severe sepsis (𝑛=16)	Septic shock (𝑛=110)	𝑃 value^b
Pathogen-excess type
Qi-phase heat	47 (37.3%)	5 (31.3%)	42 (38.2%)	NS^c
Nutrient-phase heat	51 (40.5%)	5 (31.3%)	46 (41.8%)	NS^c
Blood-phase heat	45 (35.7%)	5 (31.3%)	40 (36.4%)	NS^c
Human body-deficiency type
Qi-Xu	86 (68.3%)	9 (56.3%)	77 (70.0%)	NS
Yang-Xu	65 (51.6%)	8 (50.0%)	57 (51.8%)	NS
Blood-Xu	8 (6.3%)	1 (6.3%)	7 (6.4%)	NS^c
Yin-Xu	6 (4.8%)	1 (6.3%)	5 (4.5%)	NS^c

Categorical data are presented as number of patients (percentages).
Values have been calculated using Chi-square test.
^aValues total more than 100%, since patients could have more than one condition.
^bComparison between patient with severe sepsis and septic shock.
^cCalculated using Fisher’s exact test.
𝑃<0.05 statistically significant.
NS: not significant.