Table 3.
Characteristics of participants in different Sasang constitutional groups
| |
SY type |
TE type |
SE type |
p-value |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 9) | (n = 9) | (n = 10) | ||||||
| Age (year) |
23.0 |
(20.0, 27.0) |
22.0 |
(20.0, 24.0) |
22.5 |
(20.0, 25.0) |
0.975 |
|
| Height (cm) |
178.2 |
(165.1, 187.7) |
178.5 |
(166.8, 182.6) |
175.2 |
(163.8, 184.3) |
0.414 |
|
| Weight (kg) |
71.4 |
(58.9, 76.4) a |
72.1 |
(63.5, 76.2) a |
61.2 |
(55.1, 67.7) b |
0.003 |
|
| Body mass index (kg/m2) |
21.6 |
(20.2, 23.0) b |
22.5 |
(21.9, 23.0) a |
20.0 |
(18.6, 21.7) c |
0.000 |
|
| Waist circumference (cm) |
77.5 |
(69.8, 85.0) |
82.0 |
(74.8, 84.3) |
76.5 |
(69.5, 79.0) |
0.059 |
|
| Hip circumference (cm) |
95.5 |
(85.7, 100.0) |
96.5 |
(92.5, 102.5) |
93.4 |
(85.5, 99.0) |
0.096 |
|
| Pulse rate (/min) |
78.0 |
(66.0, 84.0) |
72.0 |
(66.0, 84.0) |
72.0 |
(60.0, 84.0) |
0.319 |
|
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) |
105.0 |
(85.0, 135.0) |
117.5 |
(95.0, 135.0) |
102.5 |
(95.0, 110.0) |
0.257 |
|
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) |
70.0 |
(60.0, 85.0) |
70.0 |
(60.0, 85.0) |
70.0 |
(50.0, 75.0) |
0.683 |
|
| Fasting glucose (mg/dL) |
85.0 |
(77.0, 91.0) |
89.0 |
(78.0, 101.0) |
83.0 |
(79.0, 92.0) |
0.354 |
|
| Triglyceride (mg/dL) |
66.0 |
(32.0, 95.0) |
61.0 |
(31.0, 230.0) |
57.5 |
(41.0, 136.0) |
0.841 |
|
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) |
147.0 |
(130.0, 180.0) |
148.0 |
(102.0, 187.0) |
148.0 |
(119.0, 174.0) |
0.944 |
|
| HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) |
56.0 |
(42.0, 70.0) |
57.0 |
(37.0, 79.0) |
59.0 |
(50.0, 79.0) |
0.758 |
|
| LDL cholesterol (mg/dL) |
89.0 |
(79.0, 111.0) |
79.0 |
(58.0, 121.0) |
83.5 |
(53.0, 116.0) |
0.520 |
|
| Insulin (µU/mL) |
|
5.6 |
(3.7, 10.1) |
7.1 |
(3.5, 18.1) |
7.4 |
(4.4, 18.7) |
0.494 |
| HOMA-IR |
1.1 |
(0.7, 2.1) |
1.5 |
(0.7, 4.1) |
1.4 |
(0.8, 4.2) |
0.483 |
|
| KEAT-26 |
3.0 |
(0.0, 13.0) |
0.0 |
(0.0, 12.0) |
3.5 |
(0.0, 10.0) |
0.232 |
|
| BULIT-R |
47.0 |
(31.0, 87.0) ab |
45.0 |
(31.0, 54.0) a |
38.5 |
(31.0, 44.0) b |
0.037 |
|
| DEBQ |
Restraint |
24.0 |
(17.0, 37.0) |
25.0 |
(12.0, 34.0) |
15.0 |
(11.0, 25.0) |
0.044 |
| |
Emotional |
19.0 |
(13.0, 50.0) |
23.0 |
(13.0, 34.0) |
13.5 |
(13.0, 18.0) |
0.060 |
| |
External |
32.0 |
(19.0, 45.0) |
28.0 |
(25.0, 36.0) |
25.0 |
(14.0, 37.0) |
0.396 |
| GSRS | 3.0 | (1.0, 6.0) | 3.0 | (0.0, 7.0) | 2.5 | (0.0, 9.0) | 0.677 | |
All values are presented as median (minimum, maximum).
abc Values in the same row that are marked with different superscript alphabets are significantly different (p <0.017).
HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; KEAT-26, the Korean Version of Eating Attitude Test-26; BULIT-R, Bulimia Test Revised; DEBQ, Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire; GSRS, Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale.