Research Article

ITIH4: A New Potential Biomarker of “Toxin Syndrome” in Coronary Heart Disease Patient Identified with Proteomic Method

Table 1

Baseline information of two groups in RCT.

GroupsGroup AGroup B

Age
 Minimum value (years)4842
 Maximum value (years)7475
 Mean value (years)61.94 ± 8.4161.24 ± 9.86
Sex
 Male (proportion)22 (71%)25 (86.2%)
 Female (proportion)9 (29%)5 (13.8%)
Angina score14.42 ± 4.86 14.89 ± 4.63
Primary symptom score of TCM17.97 ± 6.7418.94 ± 5.64
BSS score10.89 ± 4.6210.59 ± 3.38
Past history
 Hypertension ( )1816
 Diabetes ( )79
 Dislipidemia ( )1112
 Stroke ( )24
 Peripheral vascular atherosclerosis ( )53
 Old myocardial infarction ( )41
Western medicine
 Aspirin ( )3130
 Clopidogrel hydrogen sulfate ( )3130
 Nitrates ( )2116
β-blocker ( )2830
 ACEI/ARB ( )1917
 CCB ( )39
 Low molecular weight heparin ( )1619
 Statins ( )3029
UA risk stratification
 Low risk ( )00
 Mediate risk ( )2624
 High risk ( )56
Number of stenosed coronary vessel
 1 vessel ( )812
 2 vessels ( )127
 3 vessels ( )1111
Lesions nature
 De novo ( )2826
 Restenosis ( )34
Stent type
 Sirolimus-eluting stent ( )2121
 paclitaxel-eluting stent ( )86
 Mixed drug-eluting stents ( )23
Total length of stents22.94 ± 7.23 21.67 ± 9.69

Note: group A patients have taken the Xiongshao capsule; group B patients have taken the Xiongshao capsule and Huanglian capsule.