[Relationship between alcohol intake and TCM syndrome type in 1013 patients with cardio-cerebral diseases].
OBJECTIVE
To explore the relationship between alcohol intake and traditional Chinese medicine Syndrome type in patients with cardio-cerebral diseases.


METHODS
Study was conducted in 1013 selected inpatients with myocardial infarction (MI) or/and cerebral infarction (CI) by logistic multivariate regression analysis and comparison among groups.


RESULTS
The scores of blood stasis syndrome showed a decreasing tendency along the increasing of alcohol intake, but it cannot prove that taking alcohol could prevent blood stasis. The scores of dampness-heat syndrome increased in patients who had chronically taken alcohol in large dose.


CONCLUSIONS
Dampness-heat syndrome induced by alcohol is one of the basic mechanisms of cardio-cerebral diseases. Alcohol intake should be restricted.
Wei
Ling-bo
LB
Qingdao Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong 266033. weilingbo98@yahoo.com.cn
Rong
Dong-mei
DM
Ding
Shu-wen
SW
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires