The Sasang Constitution as an Independent Risk Factor for Metabolic Syndrome: Propensity Matching Analysis

Table 1

General characteristics according to the SC before and after propensity matching.

Variables	Before matching				After matching
	SE type	TE type	SY type	𝑃	SE type	TE type	SY type	𝑃
Numbers	865	1337	1132		294	294	294
Height (cm)	161.7±8.1	162.5±8.6	161.2±8.4	<0.001^c	161.9±8.3	162±8.3	160.8±8.9	0.185
Weight (kg)	55.9±8.6	67.5±11.1	59.7±9.5	<0.001^a,b,c	59.9±8.9	60±8.7	59.2±9	0.448
BMI (kg/m^2)	21.3±2.5	25.5±3.1	22.9±2.7	<0.001^a,b,c	22.8±2.4	22.8±2.5	22.8±2.5	0.989
Age (yrs)	46.6±14.7	51.3±14.7	49.3±14	<0.001^a,b,c	49.8±13.4	49.1±16.1	49.6±14	0.848

Data shown are the mean ± SD or numbers. ^aSoeumin and Soyangin differ significantly, ^bSoeumin and Tae-eumin differ significantly, and ^cSoyangin and Tae-eumin differ significantly.
SC: Sasang Constitution; TE: Tae-eumin; SE: Soeumin; SY: Soyangin; BMI: body mass index.