Table 4.
Comparison of basal metabolic rate, adenosine nucleosides, malondialdehyde, and the activity of mitochondrial enzymes.
| Body constitution | Cold syndrome | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balanced | Yang-deficiency | P | Absent | Confirmed | P | ||
| Basal metabolic rate (kcal/m2/day) | 1567 ± 266 (92) | 1370 ± 201 (78) | <.001 | 1600 ± 230 (68) | 1350 ± 204 (45) | <.001 | |
| Cellular contents (nmol/million cells) | |||||||
| ATP | 15.91 ± 4.02 (33) | 12.08 ± 4.34 (22) | .001 | 16.52 ± 3.97 (24) | 11.28 ± 4.51 (11) | .001 | |
| ADP | 13.11 ± 7.27 (33) | 10.54 ± 6.41 (22) | .185 | 13.59 ± 6.15 (24) | 8.07 ± 5.71 (11) | .017 | |
| AMP | 4.87 ± 1.73 (33) | 5 ± 1.62 (22) | .774 | 4.88 ± 1.81 (24) | 4.37 ± 1.59 (11) | .432 | |
| Malondialdehyde | 4.28 ± 1.17 (25) | 3.46 ± 1.2 (14) | .043 | 4.37 ± 1.05 (24) | 3.02 ± 1.85 (11) | .039 | |
| Enzyme activity (nmol/min/million cells) | |||||||
| Complex I | 1.66 ± 0.67 (30) | 1.39 ± 0.6 (15) | .192 | 1.58 ± 0.54 (22) | 0.97 ± 0.44 (6) | .017 | |
| Complex II | 0.88 ± 0.3 (30) | 0.79 ± 0.29 (15) | .374 | 0.9 ± 0.25 (22) | 0.71 ± 0.21 (6) | .118 | |
| Complex I + III | 0.66 ± 0.25 (30) | 0.68 ± 0.26 (15) | .809 | 0.68 ± 0.18 (22) | 0.5 ± 0.1 (6) | .028 | |
| Complex V | 9.98 ± 2.74 (30) | 8.88 ± 2.83 (14) | .228 | 9.77 ± 2.55 (22) | 6.72 ± 0.89 (6) | <.001 | |
| Citrate synthase | 0.81 ± 0.24 (30) | 0.73 ± 0.22 (15) | .311 | 0.79 ± 0.23 (22) | 0.58 ± 0.1 (6) | .038 | |
Note: Data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation (number). P values, based on an independent samples t test, indicate the significance of the difference between balanced and yang-deficient constitution or between absent and confirmed cold syndrome. Absent and confirmed cold syndromes were defined as cold syndrome scores of 4 to 6 and 14 to 20, respectively.