Poor Quality of Life in HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex with Men is Associated with Excess-Type Constitution of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Table 2
Different age, rank, infected time, CD4+, and CD4+/CD8+ ratios for different constitution distributions.
Deficiency type n (%)
Excess type n (%)
Special diathesis types n(%)
Gentleness type n (%)
Total n
value
Subjects
82 (40.4)
56 (27.6)
21 (10.3)
44 (21.7)
203
Years†
20–29
29 (37.7)
19 (24.7)
12 (15.6)
17 (22.1)
77
0.63†
30–39
39 (41.5)
29 (30.9)
6 (6.4)
20 (21.3)
94
40–49
14 (43.8)
8 (25.0)
3 (9.4)
7 (21.9)
32
Infected time†
≤2w
10 (37.0)
4 (14.8)
3 (11.1)
10 (37.0)
27
0.18†
>2w–12m
14 (53.8)
7 (26.9)
3 (11.5)
2 (7.7)
26
>1y
58 (38.7)
45 (30.0)
15 (10.0)
32 (21.3)
150
CD4+‡
<292
13 (34.2)
11 (28.9)
3 (7.9)
11 (28.9)
38
0.62†
≥292
69 (41.8)
45 (27.3)
18 (10.9)
33 (20.0)
165
CD4+/CD8+ ratio‡
<0.6
37 (40.7)
25 (27.5)
12 (13.2)
17 (18.7)
91
0.58‡
≥0.6
45 (40.2)
31 (27.7)
9 (8.0)
27 (24.1)
112
†Fisher’s exact test, ‡chi-square test, deficiency type (Yang deficiency, Yin deficiency, and Qi deficiency), and excess type (phlegm-wetness. Wh: wetness-heat, Bs: blood stasis, Sd: special diathesis, and G: gentleness type).
