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

Table 2

(a) The analysis of related indices involving renal function

	ODHS		IPSBS			Normal range
	No.	Mean ± SD	No.	Mean ± SD	P-value
SUA	1505		318	509.14 ± 123.57	0.606	140-430μmol/L
CREA	1384	92.76 ± 20.87	303	93.54 ± 20.44	0.368	50-120μmol/L
Cys C	1007	1.09 ± 0.28	143	1.17 ± 0.31	0.001	0.51-1.09mg/L
BUN	1505	4.60 ± 1.52	318	4.72 ± 1.52	0.711	2.5-7.1mmol/L

ODHS: obstruction of dampness and heat syndrome; IPSBS: intermingled phlegm-stasis blood syndrome. SUA= serum uric acid; CREA= creatinine; Cys C= cystatin C; BUN= blood urea nitrogen. “” represents the mean level of this index of the TCM was higher than the maximum of the normal range.

(b) The distribution of CysC levels of gout patients with one of the main two TCMSs

	ODHS	IPSBS	χ2	P-value
Normal	486	54	5.543	0.019
Above normal	521	89

ODHS: obstruction of dampness and heat syndrome; IPSBS: intermingled phlegm-stasis blood syndrome.