A Study of Traditional Chinese Medicine Body Constitution Associated with Overweight, Obesity, and Underweight

Table 3

Multinomial logistic analysis to include TCM constitution for BMI.

Variable	Beta	S.E	value	value	95% CI for Beta
Qi_Deficient	−0.578	−0.087	−4.85	<0.001	−0.812–−0.345
Yang_Deficient	−1.112	−0.162	−8.794	<0.001	−1.36–−0.864
Phlegm_Dampness	0.85	0.089	4.348	<0.001	0.466–1.233

Note. Multiple variable analysis adjusted for age, gender, exercise, dietary, smoking, alcohol, HTN, DM, and CAD; TCM: traditional Chinese medicine and BMI: body mass index.