Indicators of Male Gout Patients’ Comorbidities with the Theory on Traditional Chinese Medicine

Table 1

The distribution of common gout comorbidities of male gout patients with two main TCMSs.

Comorbidities	ODHS	IPSBS	χ2	P- value
Kidney stones	107 (2.42%)	3 (0.21%)	45.30	⩽0.001
Kidney diseases	85 (1.92%)	8 (0.57%)
Cardiac-cerebral vascular diseases	23 (0.52%)	12 (0.85%)
Hypertension	106 (2.40%)	37 (2.62%)
Diabetes	47 (1.06%)	23 (1.63%)
Total	298 (6.75%)	61 (4.32%)

ODHS: obstruction of dampness and heat syndrome; IPSBS: intermingled phlegm-stasis blood syndrome. The percentage enclosed in parentheses was prevalence rate of patients with comorbidities of the corresponding TCMS.