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Table 5 Association between ZFHD and TODD based on diagnostic criteria

From: Zangfu zheng (patterns) are associated with clinical manifestations of zang shang (target-organ damage) in arterial hypertension

Target-organ damage

Pattern

Criterion

Liver-fire blazing upwards

Kidney-yin deficiency and Liver-yang rising

Obstruction of phlegm and dampness of Heart/Liver/ Gallbladder

Qi and blood deficiency leading to Liver-yang rising

Kidney-yin/yang deficiency

CVD

F%

-0.153

-0.276*

-0.009

0.188

-0.141

 

N%

0.606

0.637

0.718

0.651

0.584

HD

F%

-0.188

-0.321*

-0.048

0.322*

-0.263

 

N%

0.650

0.590

0.700

0.718

0.488§

KD

F%

0.424§

0.087

0.124

-0.244

-0.096

 

N%

0.462§

0.311*

0.413§

0.248

0.234

  1. Pearson correlation coefficient calculated between diagnostic criteria F% and N% for each Zangfu pattern and target-organ in the studied sample.
  2. *P < 0.05; §P < 0.01; P < 0.001. CVD: cerebrovascular and eye disease; HD: heart disease; KD: kidney disease.