Table 6.
Comparisons of demographic features, comorbidities, biochemical profiles, and genomic profiles within three-combined traditional Chinese medicine body constitutions (TCMBC) and balanced constitution (no inclined to any of three types) obesity enrollees.
| Parameters | TCMBC | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Three-combined (n = 22) | Balanced (n = 11) | P | |
| Demographic features | |||
| Gender | <0.001 | ||
| Female | 20 (90.9%) | 4 (36.4%) | |
| Male | 2 (9.1%) | 7 (63.6%) | |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 38.4 (10.9) | 35.0 (10.2) | 0.40 |
| BMI, mean (SD) | 30.5 (3.1) | 31.3 (3.3) | 0.50 |
| Waist-hip ratio (WHR), mean (SD) | 0.9 (0.1) | 0.9 (0.0) | 0.27 |
| Waist-height ratio (WheR), mean (SD) | 0.6 (0.1) | 0.6 (0.0) | 0.47 |
| Appetite | 0.53 | ||
| Poor | 2 (9.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| Fair | 19 (86.4%) | 10 (90.9%) | |
| Good | 1 (4.5%) | 1 (9.1%) | |
| Food preference | |||
| Icy food | 7 (31.8%) | 1 (9.1%) | 0.15 |
| Deep-fried food | 6 (27.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.056 |
| Smoking | 1 (4.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.47 |
| Alcohol consumption | 7 (31.8%) | 7 (63.6%) | 0.081 |
| Exercise ≥30 mins/week | 17 (77.3%) | 8 (72.7%) | 0.77 |
| Comorbidities | |||
| Hyperlipidemia | 1 (4.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.47 |
| Hypertension | 4 (18.2%) | 2 (18.2%) | 1.00 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (18.2%) | 0.039 |
| Stroke | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Myocardial infarction | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Allergic rhinitis | 6 (27.3%) | 1 (9.1%) | 0.23 |
| Polycystic ovarian syndrome | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Biochemical profiles | |||
| Fasting sugar | 92.4 (13.1) | 101.7 (33.2) | 0.25 |
| HbA1c | 6.1(0.5) | 6.1 (0.9) | 0.74 |
| eAG | 127.0 (13.0) | 129.4 (25.7) | 0.73 |
| HDL | 47.6 (10.3) | 55.1 (24.6) | 0.23 |
| VLDL | 31.5 (21.9) | 31.6 (19.2) | 0.99 |
| LDL | 126.9 (34.1) | 129.9 (27.7) | 0.80 |
| Total cholesterol | 199.2 (42.8) | 201.6 (29.3) | 0.87 |
| Total cholesterol/HDL | 4.3 (1.2) | 4.4 (1.0) | 0.92 |
| LDL/HDL | 2.8 (0.9) | 2.8 (0.7) | 0.89 |
| Triglyceride | 163.2 (132.2) | 165.1 (110.7) | 0.97 |
| Leptin | 27.7 (23.9) | 11.3 (8.8) | 0.036 |
| Insulin | 12.1 (5.3) | 11.1 (4.7) | 0.59 |
| HOMA-IR | 2.9 (1.7) | 3.9 (4.0) | 0.29 |
| Adiponectin | 7.2 (5.2) | 6.5 (3.2) | 0.70 |
HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin; eAG, estimated average glucose; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; VLDL, very low-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; HOMA-IR, homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance.