Table 3.
The positive rate comparison of TCM syndrome in different serum levels of HCRP and MMP9.
| HCRP | MMP9 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HCRP < 3 mg/L cases (%) |
HCRP ≥ 3 mg/L cases (%) |
χ 2 | P | MMP9 < 140 ng/mL cases (%) |
MMP9 ≥ 140 ng/mL cases (%) |
χ 2 | P | |
| Cases | 180 | 88 | — | — | 87 | 181 | — | — |
| Syndrome of wind | 25 (13.9%) | 30 (34.1%) | 14.789 | 0.000 | 7 (8%) | 48 (26.5%) | 12.294 | 0.000 |
| Syndrome of heat | 26 (14.4%) | 15 (17.0%) | 0.309 | 0.579 | 12 (13.8%) | 29 (16.0%) | 0.225 | 0.635 |
| Phlegm turbidity | 19 (10.6%) | 22 (25.0%) | 9.517 | 0.002 | 7 (8%) | 34 (18.8%) | 5.229 | 0.029 |
| Blood stasis | 132 (73.3%) | 70 (79.5%) | 1.229 | 0.294 | 62 (71.3%) | 140 (77.3%) | 1.172 | 0.279 |
| Syndrome of deficiency | 35 (19.4%) | 23 (26.1%) | 1.561 | 0.212 | 18 (20.7%) | 40 (22.1%) | 0.069 | 0.793 |