Abstract: Objective To investigate the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) constitution type and
related factors of enterprise retirees with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Methods The results of physical
examination and questionnaire of a community in Hangzhou from March 2016 to July 2016 were selected.
Total of 1273 patients with NAFLD and 2073 cases without NAFLD were randomly selected from the retired
people according to the examination results. The Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) constitution types of
the objects were identified and its constitution were analyzed. The indexes of blood pressure, blood sugar,
body mass index (BMI) and blood lipid were observed, and the risk factors of NAFLD and its relation with
the constitution of TCM constitution types were analyzed. Results The proportion of phlegm dampness
and dampness and heat in NAFLD group were significantly higher than those in non-NAFLD group, the
differences were statistically significant (χ 2 = 213.123, 9.138, P ＜ 0.001). The exceeding standard proportion
of BMI, blood pressure, blood sugar, TC, TG, HDL-C and LDL-C in patients with NAFLD were higher than
those without NAFLD, the differences were statistically significant (P ＜ 0.001). Phlegm wet matter ratio
of NAFLD patients with abnormal blood pressure was significantly higher than that of control group, the
difference was statistically significant (χ 2 = 35.191, P ＜ 0.001). BMI, FBG and TG in NAFLD patients with
all kinds of TCM constitution type were all higher than those in control group. Conclusions NAFLD had
its unique constitution bias, phlegm dampness and dampness heat were closely related to the risk factors of
NAFLD. The risk factors of NAFLD included BMI, blood pressure, blood sugar and blood lipid (TG, HDL-C,
LDL-C). There is a certain correlation between the risk factors of NAFLD and the type of TCM constitution.
No matter what kind of TCM constitution, the related indicators of patients with NAFLD were more likely to
exceed the standard.