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. 2017 Oct 22;2017:1896746. doi: 10.1155/2017/1896746

Table 2.

Meta-analysis of distribution of other TCM constitutions in dyslipidemia and ortholiposis.

TCM constitution Sample size (case) Heterogeneity test OR 95% CI Z P
Experimental Control I 2 (%) P
Qi deficiency 3869 8941 71 0.0003 1.10 0.87~1.39 0.78 0.44
Yang deficiency 3526 8798 69 0.001 0.83 0.62~1.10 1.29 0.20
Yin deficiency 3526 8798 73 0.0003 0.74 0.53~1.02 1.85 0.06
Damp-heat 3526 8798 67 0.002 1.06 0.76~1.49 0.35 0.72
Qi stagnation 3526 8798 69 0.001 0.76 0.53~1.10 1.46 0.14
Blood stasis 3526 8798 91 <0.00001 1.48 0.80~2.74 1.23 0.22
Allergic 3526 8798 53 0.03 0.90 0.61~1.31 0.57 0.57