Factor and Cluster Analysis for TCM Syndromes of Real-World Metabolic Syndrome at Different Age Stage

Figure 1

Flowchart of factor and cluster analysis-based MS syndrome pattern extraction. First, TCM clinical information of MS patients in different age groups was collected. Then, the collected variables were dimensionally reduced by factor analysis, and the main syndrome elements of each group were extracted. Finally, cluster analysis was used to classify the syndrome elements, so as to further summarize the distribution characteristics of MS syndrome types.