Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Article

Using Chinese Body Constitution Concepts and Measurable Variables for Assessing Risk of Coronary Artery Disease

Table 3

Comparison of demographic characteristics between CAD patients and healthy cases.


Variable	CAD ()	TWB-HC ()	value

Gender (male: n, %)	85 (78.7%)	391 (82.1%)	NS
Age (yr)	59.96 ± 9.44	58.05 ± 8.30	NS
BMI (kg/m²)	26.22 ± 3.95	24.69 ± 3.16	<0.01
Comorbidity
Hypertension (n, %)	69 (63.9%)	106 (22.3%)	<0.01
Diabetes (n, %)	37 (34.3%)	79 (16.6%)	<0.01
Hyperlipidemia (n, %)	45 (41.7%)	90 (18.9%)	<0.01
Yang-Xu score	35.38 ± 9.65	25.31 ± 5.69	<0.01
Yin-Xu score	34.06 ± 9.98	25.57 ± 5.58	<0.01
Stasis score	29.57 ± 9.08	20.45 ± 4.55	<0.01

Continuous data are presented as mean ± SD. Categorical data are presented as the number of patients (percentages). being statistically significant. NS: not significant. BMI: body mass index = weight (kg)/height (m²). CAD: coronary artery disease; TWB-HC : Taiwan Biobank healthy cases.