The Relationship between Body Weight Change and Body Constitutions of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Patients with Schizophrenia

Table 1

Comparisons of schizophrenia characteristics and biomarkers between constitutions of Yin-Xu, Yang-Xu, and Stasis ().

Variable	Total; ()	Gentleness; ()	Yin-Xu			Yang-Xu			Stasis
			No ()	Yes ()	value	No ()	Yes ()	value	No ()	Yes ()	value
Age (yr)					0.38			0.09			0.77
Duration of schizophrenia (yr)					0.88						0.11
BMI (Kg/m^2)					0.39			0.12
Body weight (Kg)					0.33			0.50
Sleeping time (hr)					0.82			0.58			0.17
Waist circumference (cm)					0.21			0.12
Perception of stress (0–10)
Perception of health (0–100)					0.27
Fasting glucose (mg/dL)					0.75			0.99			0.31
Triglycerides (mg/dL)					0.46						0.6
Cholesterol (mg/dL)					0.88			0.98			0.31
Hemoglobin					0.22			0.11			0.96
Amylase								0.83			0.76
SBP (mmHg)					0.71			0.81			0.98
DBP (mmHg)					0.86			0.83			0.44

Date were presented as mean ± SD; ; .
BMI: body mass index; SBP: average of systolic blood pressure; DBP: average of diastolic blood pressure.
Duration of schizophrenia (yr) was calculated from the time of first onset and at the time of diagnosis of schizophrenia.
Sleeping time: from going to bed until waking up, excluding interruption time.