Table 6.

Associations between cold-heat pattern and body composition, anthropometric indices, blood parameters, and tongue features.

Cold pattern (reference)	Heat pattern
	Crude		Adjusted
	OR (95% CI)	p-value	OR (95% CI)	p-value
Skeletal muscle mass	1.196 (1.059-1.351)	0.004	1.338 (1.045-1.713)	0.021
Body fat mass	1.044 (0.956-1.140)	0.337	1.248 (1.036-1.504)	0.020
Weight	1.171 (1.065-1.288)	0.001	1.184 (1.050-1.336)	0.006
Body mass index	1.840 (1.290-2.626)	0.001	2.100 (1.290-3.419)	0.003
Forehead circumference	1.458 (0.994-2.138)	0.054	1.265 (0.733-2.182)	0.399
Neck circumference	1.295 (1.042-1.610)	0.020	1.159 (0.860-1.562)	0.332
Axillary circumference	1.394 (1.147-1.693)	0.001	1.410 (1.113-1.785)	0.004
Chest circumference	1.266 (1.094-1.465)	0.002	1.316 (1.087-1.594)	0.005
Rib circumference	1.300 (1.116-1.514)	0.001	1.461 (1.143-1.868)	0.002
Waist circumference	1.194 (1.065-1.339)	0.002	1.180 (1.034-1.346)	0.014
Pelvic circumference	1.144 (1.041-1.257)	0.005	1.197 (1.060-1.353)	0.004
Hip circumference	1.210 (1.047-1.398)	0.010	1.197 (1.023-1.401)	0.025
Triglycerides	1.007 (1.000-1.015)	0.043	1.005 (0.998-1.012)	0.140
High-density lipoprotein	0.937 (0.882-0.995)	0.035	0.927 (0.856-1.002)	0.057
Alanine aminotransferase	1.086 (1.027-1.148)	0.004	1.066 (1.005-1.131)	0.035
Red blood cells	6.937 (1.382-34.81)	0.019	4.649 (0.523-41.29)	0.168
Hemoglobin	1.721 (1.098-2.697)	0.018	1.601 (0.792-3.233)	0.190
CIE L∗ value of tongue body	0.763 (0.611-0.951)	0.016	0.808 (0.633-1.032)	0.088
CIE a∗ value of tongue coating	0.274 (0.092-0.814)	0.020	0.232 (0.059-0.916)	0.037
CIE b∗ value of tongue coating	0.746 (0.554-1.005)	0.054	0.767 (0.531-1.106)	0.155

Results of binary logistic regression. OR: odds ratio, adjusted for age, sex, and systolic blood pressure.