Qi-Deficiency Related Increases in Disease Susceptibility Are Potentially Mediated by the Intestinal Microbiota

Table 1

General situation.

characteristics	QX (n = 19)	PH (n= 16)	p value
Age (years)	20.75 ±1.47	20.13±1.31	0.2007
Sex (male /female)	7/12	5/11	0.728
BMI (kg/m^2)	20.18±3.31	20.94±1.31	0.3951
QX transformed score	48.58±9.56	10.94±5.82	—
Health Status Scores	79.23±5.32	81.47±7.15	0.2962

No statistical significance between the two groups in age, sex, BMI, and health status scores (p>0.05).