Table 2. Overlap between patterns

No.	Group	Cases that meet diagnostic criteria	Freq (N=116)	Prop (%) (N=116)
1	Meet diagnostic criterion for 1 pattern	LQD	11	9.48	15.52
2		LKQD	3	2.59
3		LSQD	2	1.72
4		LKQYD	2	1.72
5	Meet diagnostic criteria for 2 patterns	LQD and LKQD	10	8.62	23.28
6		LQD and LSQD	6	5.17
7		LKQD and LKQYD	6	5.17
8		LSQD and LKQD	3	2.59
9		LQD and LKQYD	1	0.86
10		LSQD and LKQYD	1	0.86
11	Meet diagnostic criteria for 3 patterns	LQD and LKQD and LKQYD	25	21.55	38.79
12		LQD and LSQD and LKQD	16	13.79
13		LSQD and LKQD and LKQYD	3	2.59
14		LQD and LSQD and LKQYD	1	0.86
15	Meet diagnostic criteria for 4 patterns	LQD and LSQD and LKQD and LKQYD	23	19.83	19.83
16	Not meet any diagnostic criteria		3	2.59	2.59
Total			116	100.00	100.00

Abbreviations: LQD, Lung qi deficiency; LKQD, Lung-kidney qi deficiency; LSQD, Lung-spleen qi deficiency; LKQYD, Lung-kidney qi and yin deficiency.