Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of enrolled obese patients (from January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2019, n = 50).
| Parameters | Subject number (%) |
|---|---|
| Demographic features | |
| Gender | |
| Female | 37 (74.0) |
| Male | 13 (26.0) |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 37.0 (9.6) |
| BMI, mean (SD) | 31.1 (3.2) |
| Waist-hip ratio (WHR), mean (SD) | 0.9 (0.1) |
| Waist-height ratio (WheR), mean (SD) | 0.6 (0.0) |
| Appetite | |
| Poor | 2 (4.0) |
| Fair | 43 (86.0) |
| Good | 5 (10.0) |
| Food preference | |
| Icy food | 12 (24.0) |
| Deep-fried food | 10 (20.0) |
| Smoking | 3 (6.0) |
| Alcohol consumption | 25 (50.0) |
| Betel nuts chewing | 0 (0) |
| Exercise ≥30 mins/week | 40 (80.0) |
| Comorbidities | |
| Hyperlipidemia | 2 (4.0) |
| Hypertension | 8 (16.0) |
| Diabetes mellitus | 2 (4.0) |
| Stroke | 0 (0) |
| Myocardial infarction | 0 (0) |
| Allergic rhinitis | 10 (20.0) |
| Polycystic ovarian syndrome | 1 (2.0) |
| The tendency of TCM body constitution (TCMBC) | |
| Yang deficiency constitution (YangDC) | 29 (58.0) |
| Yin deficiency constitution (YinDC) | 33 (66.0) |
| Phlegm-stasis constitution (PSC) | 29 (58.0) |
| TCMBC in combinations | |
| 0 | 11 (22.0) |
| 1 | 9 (18.0) |
| 2 | 8 (16.0) |
| 3 | 22 (44.0) |