Correlation between Traditional Chinese Medicine Symptom Patterns and the Renal Function, Immunologic Function Index, and Blood Coagulation Index in Patients with Henoch-Schönlein Purpura Nephritis

Table 5

Mean quantitative value of T lymphocytes in 262 HSPN patients with different TCM patterns of symptoms (mean ± SD).

Pattern	CD3 (%)	CD4 (%)	CD8 (%)	CD4/CD8 (%)
Dampness-heat accumulation
Liver-kidney yin deficiency
Qi and yin deficiency
Blood-heat bleeding

Notes. TCM: traditional Chinese medicine; HSPN: Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis; T cell: T lymphocytes. shows higher than normal reference value; △ shows lower than normal reference value. Range of normal value in CD series: CD3: 55–82%; CD4: 25–57%; CD8: 9–35%; CD4/CD8: 1.1–2.