Research Article
Traditional Chinese Medicine for Metabolic Syndrome via TCM Pattern Differentiation: Tongue Diagnosis for Predictor
Table 3
Tongue color and coating between MetS and nMetS groups.
| | Metabolic syndrome | Total () | value | | Level | No () | Yes () | | | % | | % | | % |
| Tongue coating | Thin white | 8 | 16.3 | 6 | 13.6 | 14 | 15.1 | 0.002 | White | 31 | 63.3 | 38 | 86.4 | 69 | 74.2 | Yellow | 10 | 20.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 10.8 |
| Tongue color | Pink | 27 | 55.1 | 27 | 61.4 | 54 | 58.1 | 0.461 | Red | 22 | 44.9 | 16 | 36.4 | 38 | 40.9 | Dark red | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.3 | 1 | 1.1 |
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value using Fisher’s Exact Test. Values given are number of patients (%).
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