title: Correlation between tobacco and alcohol use and Traditional Chinese Medicine constitutions: an analysis based on a sample from general population of China.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the relationship between smoking and drinking and constitution types from Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) theory.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Constitution in Chinese Medicine Questionnaire (CCMQ) was used. A sample of 8448 subjects from nine provinces and municipalities was chosen from the database of the TCM constitution and health status survey. Constituent ratio and correspondence analysis were used to find the relationship between smoking and drinking and TCM constitution.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was an association between smoking and drinking and the Gentleness, phlegm-dampness, and dampness-heat type constitutions. People that did not smoke tobacco or drink alcohol tended to have Yang-deficiency, Yin-deficiency, Qi-depression, Qi-deficiency, special diathesis, or blood-stasis type constitutions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was a significant correlation between tobacco and alcohol use and TCM constitutions. To improve patient health, more attention should be paid to tobacco and alcohol control.
authors.forename: Yangyang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yanbo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Di
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001824:Body Constitution; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019413:Qi; D012907:Smoking / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016709:Yin-Yang; D055815:Young Adult