title: Pulse spectrum analysis of chemical factory workers with abnormal blood test.
abstract: Double blind tests to check the correlation between pulse diagnosis and liver function tests were performed. Blood tests including T-Bil, D-Bil, SGOT and SGPT of 70 chemical factory workers were compared with pulse analysis. Special attention was paid to the indicators of liver and lung meridians for pulse diagnosis. It was found that using the criterion (1) C1 > or = 3+ and C1 + C4 > or = 4+ (hyperfunction) and (2) C1 < or = 3-(hypofunction) as abnormal liver meridian (for C1, every 5% above normal give one +, every 5% below normal give one-; for C4 every 10% above normal give one +, every 10% below normal give one -). The correlation or agreement between the blood tests and the pulse diagnosis was very high (noncorrelation chance checked by X2-test, P < 0.001, degree of agreement checked by Kappa test Ka = 0.61 which means a substantial relationship). Suggestions such as more tests, more criteria and precautions for future study are also proposed.
authors.affiliation: Biophysics Laboratory, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Nankang Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tsuei
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Y Y
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D001663:Bilirubin / Q000097:blood; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D011674:Pulse / Q000502:physiology*; D012015:Reference Standards; D012984:Software
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase; D001663:Bilirubin