title: [Distribution of Chinese syndrome types in patients with primary osteoporosis and its relationship with bone fracture].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the distribution of Chinese syndrome type in patients with primary osteoporosis (POP) and its relationship with bone fracture.
  
  
  METHODS
  Materials of 180 POP patients who visited Xiyuan Hospital were investigated, their incidence of bone fracture observed and Chinese syndrome types differentiated. And the outcomes were analyzed statistically using SPSS 13.0.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The morbidity of POP in female was higher than that in male, the sex ratio (M/F) being 1:3 (41 cases vs 139 cases). Chinese syndrome type distribution in the POP patients was: Shen-deficiency syndrome (SDS) type in 7.8% patients (14 cases), Pi-Shen deficiency syndrome (PSDS) type in 21.7% (39 cases), Pi-Shen deficiency and blood-stasis syndrome (PBS) type in 70.6% (127 cases), the difference of partition between types was significant (P < 0.05). Bone fracture had occurred in 12.78% (23 cases) of patients, the occurrence in patients with different types was 4.34%, 17.39%, and 78.26%, respectively. Incidence of bone fracture was also different in patients of various age section, being 5.3% in 50-59 years section, up to 15.0% in 60-69 years section (P < 0.05), and down to 12.24% in 70-80 years Section.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The risk of bone fracture in POP patients of PBS type is higher than that in those with SDS or PSDS type, and 60-69 years is the high risk age section of bone fracture in POP patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatrics. Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing.
authors.forename: Yue-Hua
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.forename: Fang-Fang
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015519:Bone Density; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017678:Sex Distribution