To investigate the correlations between age,sex,traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)syndrome types and constitutions of TCM in patients with chronic functional constipation,and to analyze the clinical significance of the correlations.Methods:A total of 242 cases who were diagnosed as chronic functional constipation and received and cured by Hubei Provincial Hospital of TCM,were selected as the subjects and were included in a questionnaire survey.Their age,sex,TCM syndrome types and constitutions of TCM were statistically analyzed.Results:There were 89 males and 153 females in this study,and the average age was(47.7±12.4)years old.The male TCM constitution was mainly gentle type,with 25 cases(28.1%),while female TCM constitution was mainly yang deficiency type,with 57 cases(37.3%).Age,TCM syndrome types were corresponding with TCM constitution(P<0.05).According to the age,the elderly patients were mainly yang deficiency Type,and middle-aged patients mainly qi constraint type,while the young patients were mainly gentle type.However,the minor patients did not show obvious relations with TCM constitutions.According to the classification of TCM syndromes,intestinal excess heat syndrome mainly corresponded to gentle type.Intestinal qi stagnation syndrome mainly corresponded to qi deficiency type.Spleen and kidney yang deficiency syndrome mainly corresponded to yang deficiency type.Intestinal dryness mainly corresponded to blood stasis type.Conclusion:For patients with chronic functional constipation,their TCM constitution,age,sex and TCM syndrome types were related,which is of certain value to guide preventive treatment of disease by the idea of “preventive treatment of disease”.