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Background: Cardiovascular disease and stasis constitution are common in the elderly. There was rare study to explore the relationship between the cardiovascular disease and stasis constitution.
Objective: To understand the proportion of cardiovascular disease and stasis constitution in the elderly and explore the factors affecting the stasis constitution in the elderly.
Methods: This study is the secondary data analysis from the Taiwan Biobank Research Database. A total of 2,353 elderly with an age between 60 to 70 years old were selected. The study variables included the individuals’ demographics, past disease data, and body constitution, where the stasis constitution was assessed using the Body Constitution Questionnaire (BCQ). The factors acing most strongly for the stasis constitution was identified via multiple logistic regression analysis.
Results: The proportions of those elderly who had the cardiovascular disease and stasis constitution were 38.5% and 8.5%. The result of binary logistic regression showed female, single, people with musculoskeletal disease, lung disease, valvular heart disease, coronary heart disease or arrhythmia had a significantly associated
stasis constitution.
Conclusion: Elderly in Taiwan with cardiovascular disease had a higher risk for stasis constitution, especially for women. Chinese medicine doctors should pay attention to assess cardiovascular disease and arrange disease-related examinations when confirming the stasis constitution. We look forward to improving patient health through the integration of Chinese and Western medicine in the future.
【Keywords】Elderly; Cardiovascular disease; Stasis constitution
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100.2 台湾老年人心血管疾病与痰瘀体质之相关性研究
