Table II.

Group differences in age, gender, BMI, blood tests and RS according to Sasang constitution.

	Taeeum-type individuals			Soeum-type individuals			Soyang-type individuals
	SCH (n=49)	EU (n=278)	p-value	SCH (n=32)	EU (n=150)	p-value	SCH (n=53)	EU (n=262)	p-value
Age (years)	50.84±12.76	48.17±11.01	0.1394	50.88±14.04	48.37±11.54	0.3751	51.49±10.05	49.85±12.00	0.1204
Gender (M:F)	19:30	171:107	0.0012	6:26	55:95	0.0595	20:33	159:103	0.0003
BMI (kg/m2)	22.55±2.97	23.93±3.24	0.0038	25.36±3.76	24.01±3.35	0.0688	24.58±3.38	24.29±3.63	0.7263
T3 (ng/dl)	141.31±15.29	140.28±14.88	0.6481	137.59±13.38	137.63±16.42	0.5818	137.11±13.96	140.96±15.58	0.0894
FT4 (ng/dl)	1.17±0.19	1.21±0.21	0.3937	1.12±0.25	1.22±0.22	0.0423	1.19±0.24	1.21±0.21	0.4503
TSH (μU/ml)	7.17±4.47	2.34±0.89	<0.0001	5.82±1.03	2.32±0.85	<0.0001	5.78±1.81	2.24±0.87	<0.0001
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	185.55±58.05	191.76±39.30	0.7255	200.84±42.95	190.91±34.92	0.2809	186.40±38.26	195.69±38.37	0.3308
Triglyceride (mg/dl)	123.96±76.16	132.68±106.83	0.8635	147.56±42.95	117.09±67.52	0.3010	115.98±62.92	131.84±95.94	0.3667
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)	114.65±40.26	116.93±36.41	0.4495	120.41±38.00	114.22±29.51	0.5894	114.47±33.58	118.43±33.07	0.5803
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)	60.41±15.79	55.40±15.83	0.0315	56.03±14.06	56.23±16.27	0.8082	57.91±15.95	55.56±16.39	0.3582
RBC (106/μl)	4.56±0.59	4.72±0.48	0.0746	4.56±0.50	4.61±0.59	0.5367	4.56±0.45	4.77±0.46	0.0035
Hemoglobin (g/dl)	14.16±1.29	14.30±1.57	0.3134	13.72±1.44	14.61±5.06	0.0899	14.32±4.39	14.36±1.57	0.0184
Hematocrit (%)	42.32±3.76	42.90±4.46	0.2411	40.76±3.88	42.15±5.14	0.0508	41.33±4.46	43.02±4.21	0.0220
Glucose (mg/dl)	92.20±17.49	93.75±26.30	0.8890	89.94±18.69	93.93±19.29	0.6239	90.11±18.30	93.14±22.44	0.2198
Total RS	49.89±22.30	42.95±34.29	0.0253	25.71±8.14	39.98±34.04	0.0094	43.11±22.69	44.22±39.38	0.9190
H1	60.84±29.31	50.05±29.48	0.0009	31.67±17.12	49.93±36.48	0.0001	52.40±34.26	51.14±34.78	0.7354
H2	45.19±28.69	37.65±25.39	0.0085	22.92±12.23	34.59±27.94	0.0012	37.47±26.23	38.10±28.17	0.8324
H3	37.34±31.75	30.68±25.40	0.0228	17.53±9.40	28.96±25.36	0.0005	29.71±25.26	29.69±24.44	0.9953
H4	45.53±33.22	37.73±31.06	0.0244	22.19±12.26	33.73±29.29	0.0022	33.87±24.13	36.90±32.02	0.3575
H5	51.17±32.99	53.18±40.76	0.6455	33.88±22.94	52.53±42.52	0.0008	56.02±39.01	59.39±68.47	0.6238
H6	56.77±35.80	46.93±55.80	0.0934	30.78±23.56	43.27±37.67	0.0117	47.79±38.37	48.52±38.7	0.8599
F1	61.90±36.01	50.74±32.03	0.0020	29.20±14.33	46.21±35.26	0.0002	56.30±37.58	50.48±31.81	0.0986
F2	51.59±29.97	47.48±30.83	0.2247	36.59±26.13	42.49±33.37	0.1877	43.82±34.74	48.60±32.74	0.1775
F3	48.01±32.83	40.71±29.87	0.0293	22.59±14.58	38.31±32.59	0.0002	42.37±29.67	42.70±45.28	0.9431
F4	51.22±32.07	43.89±31.15	0.0336	24.80±16.66	41.71±34.20	0.0001	46.34±31.09	46.56±40.11	0.9579
F5	38.20±25.55	32.55±27.22	0.0572	15.03±10.45	28.87±26.40	<0.0001	30.68±26.61	33.46±29.73	0.3737
F6	50.86±32.55	43.80±32.87	0.0512	21.39±13.13	39.20±34.58	<0.0001	40.55±29.20	45.08±37.67	0.2438

SCH, subclinical hypothyroidism group; EU, euthyroidism; T3, triiodothyronine; BMI, body mass index; RS, ryodoraku score; T3, triiodothyronine; FT4, free thyroxine; TSH, thyroid-stimulating hormone; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; RBC, red blood cells; H1, lung; H2, pericardium; H3, heart; H4, small intestine; H5, triple energizer; H6, large intestine; F1, spleen; F2, liver; F3, kidney; F4, urinary bladder; F5, gallbladder; F6, stomach.