Correlation between Traditional Chinese Medicine Constitution and Dyslipidemia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

摘要

Objective. To study the correlation between Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) constitution and dyslipidemia. Methods. CNKI, VIP, Wanfang database, CBMdisc, PubMed, and Embase were searched, and meta-analysis was performed by Review Manager 5.2 software. Results. Altogether 11 studies were included with 12890 individuals. The results showed that balanced constitution was a protective factor of dyslipidemia (OR = 0.62, 95% CI 0.47 similar to 0.82) while phlegm-dampness constitution was a risk factor of it (OR = 2.50, 95% CI 2.22 similar to 2.80), and the effect of phlegm-dampness constitution in South China (OR = 3.31, 95% CI 1.71 similar to 6.43) was more obvious than that in East (OR = 2.40, 95% CI 2.06 similar to 2.80) and North China (OR = 2.24, 95% CI 1.81 similar to 2.78). Conclusion. This study provides evidence for the prevention and treatment of dyslipidemia in TCM. However, most of the studies included are of moderate quality; more high quality, multicenter, large-sample studies are expected to provide higher level evidence.