Table 3.

Baseline characteristics of the three most frequent oriental obesity patterns: yang deficiency syndrome (YDS), food accumulation syndrome (FAS), and liver depression syndrome (LDS)

Gender	YDS (n = 6)	LDS (n = 9)	FAS (n = 8)	Total (n = 23)	P value	P 2 value
	Male = 0/Female = 6	Male = 3/Female = 6	Male = 1/Female = 7	Male = 4/Female = 19
Age (years)	44.7 ± 9.20	40.9 ± 9.47	37.3 ± 5.15	40.6 ± 8.30	0.262
BW (kg)	71.9 ± 4.81	79.3 ± 9.28	75.6 ± 8.46	76.1 ± 8.28	0.650	0.764
BMI (kg/m2)	28.4 ± 1.44	29.4 ± 1.80	28.3 ± 1.34	28.8 ± 1.58	0.670	0.843
MR (kcal/day)	1451.7 ± 325.54	1615.6 ± 428.34	1528.8 ± 348.44	1542.6 ± 365.98	0.635	0.752
WC (mm)	95.8 ± 3.42	99.6 ± 6.77	95.3 ± 5.73	97.1 ± 5.83	0.619	0.484
FP (%)	38.9 ± 3.68	35.5 ± 5.43	38.2 ± 6.38	37.3 ± 5.39	0.809	0.067
TBF (%)	27.9 ± 3.16	28.2 ± 3.48	28.7 ± 4.67	28.3 ± 3.70	0.741	0.051
FBS (mg/dL)	98.2 ± 6.65	96.8 ± 10.38	95.1 ± 10.51	96.6 ± 9.26	0.473	0.848
TG (mg/dL)	116.8 ± 54.29	129.1 ± 56.19	111.8 ± 38.83	119.9 ± 48.57	0.418	0.590
HDL (mg/dL)	81.0 ± 51.57	54.3 ± 21.17	55.0 ± 16.92	61.5 ± 31.60	0.126	0.545
T.Chol (mg/dL)	202.5 ± 38.30	207.8 ± 56.69	186.5 ± 26.08	199.0 ± 42.55	0.197	0.162
sBP (mmHg)	133.2 ± 9.91	125.1 ± 10.20	121.4 ± 10.23	125.9 ± 10.75	0.994	0.707
dBP (mmHg)	79.3 ± 6.25	80.0 ± 5.02	79.8 ± 5.06	79.7 ± 5.13	0.600	0.832
PR (/min)	76.5 ± 10.15	73.1 ± 10.86	71.3 ± 7.72	73.3 ± 9.47	0.711	0.972

Data are shown as Mean ± SD

P value: One-way ANOVA was used for cross-sectional comparison among three groups

P ² value: P value from ANCOVA adjusted by age and sex

BW body weight, BMI body mass index, MR metabolic rate, WC waist circumference, FP fat percentage, TBF total body fat, FBS fasting blood sugar, TG triglyceride, HDL high density lipoproteins, T. chol total cholesterol, sBP systolic blood pressure, dBP diastolic blood pressure, PR pulse rate