Traditional Chinese Medicine syndrome elements of male infertility revealed by latent tree model analysis
Year: 2018
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To explore the features of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) syndromes in male infertility using computer-based analyses. METHODS: Latent class analysis was used to analyze the TCM syndrome data from 813 patients with male infertility and establish a latent tree model. RESULTS: A latent tree model with a Bayesian information criterion score of -11 263 was created. This model revealed that the characteristics of basic TCM syndromes in patients with male infertility were kidney Yang deficiency, kidney Qi deficiency, spleen Yang deficiency, liver Qi stagnation, Qi stagnation and blood stasis, and dump-heat; moreover, most patients with male infertility had complex syndromes (spleen-kidney Yang deficiency and liver Qi stagnation) rather than simple single syndromes. CONCLUSION: The hidden tree model analysis revealed the objective and quantitative complex relationships between the TCM symptoms of male infertility, and obtained the quantification and objective evidence of TCM syndromes in male infertility.
Source: 中医杂志：英文版
Authors: Zhang Zhijie, Liu Shaoming, Zhang Yueyang, Yang Jingzhe, Kong Tao, Wang Chengli, Ning Peng, Chen Xiaochao, Li Xuesong, Jia Yusen, Chen Xiaojun
Language: English
Subfield: Complementary and alternative medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Award: G1877072347
OpenAlex ID: W2906691153