Table 2 Distribution of Korean standard pattern identification for stroke III of study subjects.
From: Stroke in Traditional Korean Medicine: A Nine-Year Multicentre Community-Based Study in South Korea
Characteristics | Pattern identification | P value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | QD | FH | DP | YD | |||
Number of patients | 3466 (100) | 810 (23.37) | 1031 (29.75) | 1127 (32.52) | 498 (14.37) | ||
FH index | Reddened complexion | 1074 (64.19) | 89 (30.79) | 658 (84.35) | 206 (53.78) | 121 (54.75) | <0.0001 |
Headache like flush | 184 (16.21) | 50 (16.61) | 80 (22.03) | 26 (8.30) | 28 (17.72) | <0.0001 | |
Heat vexation and aversion to heat | 1387 (40.34) | 241 (30.08) | 562 (55.09) | 394 (35.14) | 190 (38.30) | <0.0001 | |
Heat vexation in the chest | 464 (29.23) | 92 (23.17) | 191 (37.45) | 106 (25.17) | 75 (28.95) | <0.0001 | |
Vexation and insomnia | 496 (29.33) | 94 (23.91) | 216 (38.70) | 113 (24.14) | 73 (26.83) | <0.0001 | |
Thirst | 1170 (34.17) | 231 (28.66) | 433 (42.87) | 314 (28.11) | 192 (39.10) | <0.0001 | |
Wheezing in throat with sputum | 689 (23.12) | 123 (17.47) | 219 (24.97) | 258 (26.00) | 89 (21.92) | <0.0001 | |
Blood-shot eyes | 1570 (45.74) | 385 (48.42) | 459 (44.82) | 510 (45.57) | 216 (43.72) | 0.3233 | |
Aphtha or tongue sore | 187 (5.83) | 34 (4.55) | 60 (6.048) | 59 (5.86) | 34 (7.40) | 0.2249 | |
Vexing heat in the extremities | 314 (9.87) | 39 (5.27) | 137 (14.03) | 100 (9.89) | 38 (8.35) | <0.0001 | |
Heat in the palms and soles | 318 (9.93) | 31 (4.17) | 135 (13.69) | 90 (8.91) | 62 (13.41) | <0.0001 | |
Turbid urine | 769 (26.05) | 164 (23.39) | 272 (31.81) | 221 (23.73) | 112 (24.13) | <0.0001 | |
Fetid mouth odor | 718 (21.78) | 110 (14.55) | 271 (27.07) | 258 (24.02) | 79 (16.98) | <0.0001 | |
Yellow fur on tongue | 1045 (61.18) | 137 (41.76) | 458 (71.11) | 329 (67.00) | 121 (49.38) | <0.0001 | |
Thick fur on tongue | 1238 (57.07) | 183 (43.88) | 447 (60.32) | 506 (68.93) | 102 (36.82) | <0.0001 | |
Red tongue | 1164 (69.49) | 171 (53.27) | 525 (80.52) | 219 (56.01) | 249 (80.06) | <0.0001 | |
Strong pulse | 1205 (68.97) | 116 (47.73) | 546 (80.05) | 429 (71.26) | 114 (51.81) | <0.0001 | |
Surging pulse | 295 (8.72) | 24 (3.05) | 190 (18.75) | 61 (5.53) | 20 (4.14) | <0.0001 | |
Rapid pulse | 1030 (65.43) | 125 (49.80) | 393 (71.32) | 333 (65.94) | 179 (67.04) | <0.0001 | |
DP index | Sallow complexion | 1014 (55.40) | 201 (52.48) | 147 (33.56) | 562 (73.17) | 104 (43.15) | <0.0001 |
(Physique)heaviness (bi-sup) | 728 (58.56) | 83 (42.13) | 211 (56.11) | 375 (75.45) | 59 (34.10) | <0.0001 | |
Dark inferior palpebral | 515 (14.91) | 115 (14.21) | 98 (9.57) | 240 (21.33) | 62 (12.47) | <0.0001 | |
Dizziness with nausea | 644 (18.95) | 148 (18.66) | 173 (17.12) | 230 (20.81) | 93 (19.01) | 0.1931 | |
Enlarged tongue | 495 (35.50) | 113 (34.55) | 111 (25.81) | 227 (51.70) | 44 (22.22) | <0.0001 | |
White fur on tongue | 1754 (78.12) | 456 (78.89) | 405 (68.64) | 698 (88.13) | 195 (68.42) | <0.0001 | |
Slippery pulse | 1425 (41.92) | 165 (20.96) | 365 (35.96) | 789 (71.01) | 106 (21.81) | <0.0001 | |
QD index | Pale complexion | 518 (38.20) | 326 (66.39) | 49 (13.49) | 93 (30.39) | 50 (25.51) | <0.0001 |
Look powerless and lazy | 1713 (49.43) | 634 (78.36) | 349 (33.85) | 461 (40.90) | 269 (54.01) | <0.0001 | |
Feel powerless and lazy | 1651 (47.92) | 561 (69.68) | 366 (35.77) | 473 (42.23) | 251 (50.50) | <0.0001 | |
Reluctance to speak | 1044 (30.29) | 423 (52.61) | 216 (21.11) | 256 (22.79) | 149 (30.04) | <0.0001 | |
Drowsiness, likes to lie down | 954 (35.91) | 359 (57.34) | 211 (26.74) | 249 (28.91) | 135 (35.52) | <0.0001 | |
Reversed cold in the extremities | 448 (13.98) | 156 (20.82) | 88 (9.05) | 132 (12.89) | 72 (15.68) | <0.0001 | |
Pale tongue | 912 (60.23) | 294 (69.01) | 154 (38.30) | 385 (77.77) | 79 (41.36) | <0.0001 | |
Teeth-marked tongue | 487 (34.91) | 156 (42.62) | 98 (23.38) | 186 (44.81) | 47 (24.10) | <0.0001 | |
Weak pulse | 931 (61.86) | 403 (82.58) | 119 (36.06) | 246 (57.88) | 163 (62.21) | <0.0001 | |
Fine pulse | 671 (19.79) | 304 (38.48) | 74 (7.31) | 110 (9.96) | 183 (37.80) | <0.0001 | |
Slow pulse | 552 (44.84) | 212 (64.04) | 81 (26.38) | 203 (49.63) | 56 (30.43) | <0.0001 | |
YD index | Pale face and red zygomatic-site | 417 (35.36) | 53 (20.62) | 126 (33.24) | 74 (26.81) | 164 (61.42) | <0.0001 |
Tidal fever | 295 (8.63) | 53 (6.64) | 103 (10.15) | 64 (5.75) | 75 (15.21) | <0.0001 | |
(Physique) gauntness (so-su) | 408 (40.39) | 105 (52.5) | 131 (38.52) | 65 (23.89) | 107 (54.04) | <0.0001 | |
Night sweating | 586 (16.94) | 120 (14.86) | 191 (18.59) | 155 (13.76) | 120 (24.09) | <0.0001 | |
Dry mouth | 1719 (50.21) | 386 (48.06) | 545 (53.74) | 474 (42.54) | 314 (63.82) | <0.0001 | |
Bare and red tongue like a mirror | 156 (14.51) | 28 (11.11) | 43 (11.81) | 11 (4.43) | 74 (35.07) | <0.0001 | |
Dry fur on tongue | 676 (37.24) | 116 (31.43) | 242 (38.59) | 165 (33.06) | 153 (47.81) | <0.0001 | |
