Study on Correlation between Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Hypertension TCM Syndrome Types

Objective: To survey a community hypertensive patients living in Pudong new area and study the correlation between cardiovascular risk factors and hypertension TCM syndrome types to provide the evidence for early treatment of the disease.Methods: We designed the prospective observational program. According to the certain diagnosis,inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria and by the questionnaire survey,we randomly collected 225 cases hypertension patients of Wanggang community health center to analyze the relationship between TCM sign types and risk factors. Results: Hypertension TCM sign types distributed from the most to the least: liver-fire hyperactivity 40. 44%,Yin deficiency and Yang excess 24. 89%,kidney-Qi deficiency 23.56%,no symptoms 7. 11%,phlegm and blood stasis accumulation 4%. TCM symptoms types were associated with age and gender. The number of kidney-Qi deficiency was significantly higher than that of the other TCM symptoms and the results had significant statistical differences(P 0. 05). Conclusion: Liver-fire hyperactivity mainly displays in hypertensive patients. TCM symptoms types are closely correlated with age,gender and systolic pressure.