title: [Exploration on essence of spleen-kidney deficiency in middle-aged patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the essence of Spleen-Kidney Deficiency in middle-aged patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Investigation was carried out in 773 cases of 50-69 years old to assay 34 parameters in them, including blood lipid, oxidation and anti-oxidation related substance, sex hormone, liver and renal function, immune function, blood routine, blood pressure and lung vital capacity, etc.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Spleen Deficiency Syndrome is closely related with lipid metabolism disorder; Kidney-Qi Deficiency Syndrome is closely related with hypoimmune function; Kidney-Yin Deficiency Syndrome is closely related with lipid metabolism disorder and hypertension, and Kidney Yang Deficiency is closely related with weakness of anti-oxidation capacity, hypoimmunity, the internal environment disorder of sex hormone and aging, manifested as multiple functions abating.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Spleen Deficiency, Kidney-Qi Deficiency and Kidney Yang Deficiency are different layers of a gradually developed and aggravated pathological process, but Kidney-Yin Deficiency could not be listed into this layer.
authors.affiliation: Fujian Academy of TCM, Fuzhou 350003.
authors.forename: Bing-hui
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Su-qin
authors.initials: SQ
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ye
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D016516:CD4-CD8 Ratio; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000097:blood; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000097:blood; D016711:Yang Deficiency / Q000097:blood*; D016710:Yin Deficiency / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase