Poor Quality of Life in HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex with Men is Associated with Excess-Type Constitution of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Table 4

Quality of life scores in 9 TCM constitution distributions.

Subjects	Deficiency	Excess	Special diathesis	Gentleness	Total	Post hoc
	82	56	21	44	203
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	value
Physical^a	13.74 ± 2.09	12.88 ± 2.59	15.05 ± 1.23	15.82 ± 1.78	<0.0001	2 < 3, 4; 1 < 4
Psychological^a	12.84 ± 2.52	11.54 ± 2.76	14.06 ± 2.51	15.27 ± 2.07	<0.0001	2 < 3, 4; 1 < 4
Social relationship (TW)^a	13.32 ± 2.73	12.57 ± 2.76	15.05 ± 2.16	15.02 ± 2.41	<0.0001	2 < 3, 4; 1 < 4
Environment (TW)^b	14.16 ± 2.15	13.29 ± 2.17	15.09 ± 1.27	15.28 ± 2.10	<0.0001	2 < 3, 4; 1 < 4
Total^a	54.05 ± 8.11	50.28 ± 8.65	59.25 ± 5.99	61.40 ± 7.49	<0.0001	2 < 1 < 3, 4

^aKruskal–Wallis test unusual distribution, without mother number. ^bOne way ANOVA: normal distribution deficiency constitution: Yang deficiency, Yin deficiency, and Qi deficiency. Excess constitution: phlegm-wetness, wetness-heat, and blood stasis constitution; Sd: special diathesis constitution; G: gentleness constitution.