Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome according to Sasang Constitutional Medicine in Korean Subjects

Table 3

General characteristics of the study subjects according to SCG.

SE

SY

TE

𝑃 value^a

𝑃 value^b

𝑃 value^c

Variables

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total

(𝑛=141)

(𝑛=264)

(𝑛=405)

(𝑛=186)

(𝑛=360)

(𝑛=546)

(𝑛=266)

(𝑛=400)

(𝑛=666)

Age (years)

44.14±15.89

46.65±14.63

45.77±15.11

49.39±14.07

46.91±14.65

47.76±14.49

47.42±14.72

51.44±14.86

49.83±14.92

0.007

6.31E − 06

6.51E − 05

FBG; (mg/dL)

97.09±25.15

91.40±13.40

93.38±18.53

104.25±31.39

96.46±28.72

99.11±29.86

103.41±32.18

99.82±27.79

101.25±29.65

0.073

1.56E − 04

2.68E − 05

HDL-C (mg/dL)

45.05±10.09

51.34±11.99

49.15±11.74

41.81±10.81

49.21±11.78

46.69±11.98

39.85±9.37

46.41±11.69

43.79±11.29

5.07E − 06

6.39E − 07

1.44E − 12

SBP (mmHG)

119.1±13.38

115.14±14.1

116.52±13.97

122.07±13.63

117.41±13.45

118.99±13.68

125.7±13.78

123.21±15.76

124.21±15.04

1.40E − 05

1.37E − 12

4.89E − 18

DBP (mmHG)

77.41±11.85

73.85±11.08

75.09±11.47

79.92±10.37

75.19±10.37

76.8±10.6

80.71±9.79

78.89±11.42

79.62±10.83

0.01

4.89E − 09

8.78E − 11

TG (mg/dL)

111.72±58.15

96.50±49.36

101.80±53.02

158.58±104.80

114.10±67.92

129.25±84.93

165.45±103.00

134.77±84.02

147.02±93.22

2.19E − 07

6.90E − 11

5.40E − 17

WC (cm)

80.47±8.43

77.65±9.11

78.64±8.97

86.02±6.90

80.14±8.74

82.16±8.62

91.11±8.04

88.32±9.12

89.44±8.81

9.24E − 34

8.39E − 52

5.52E − 82

Values are indicated as the mean ± standard deviation.
𝑃 value^a: Analysis of variance (ANOVA) result of male among SCG.
𝑃 value^b: Analysis of variance (ANOVA) result of female among SCG.
𝑃 value^c: Analysis of variance (ANOVA) result of total among SCG.
SY: So-Yang; SE: So-Eum; TE: Tae-Eum; FBG: fasting blood glucose; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; TG: triglyceride; WC: waist circumference.