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

Table 4

Multinomial logistic regression analysis to include TCM constitution for overweight, obesity, and underweight.

TCM constitution	Outcome	Beta	S.E	value	OR	95% CI
Qi_Deficient	Overweight	−0.149	0.085	0.098	0.862	0.785–1.018
	Obesity	−0.312	0.133	0.019	0.732	0.564–0.951
	Underweight	0.784	0.243	0.001	2.191	1.361–3.529
Yang_Deficient	Overweight	−0.509	0.104	<0.001	0.601	0.49–0.737
	Obesity	−0.781	0.165	<0.001	0.458	0.332–0.633
	Underweight	0.812	0.246	0.001	2.253	1.391–3.65
Phlegm_Dampness	Overweight	0.448	0.142	0.002	1.565	1.184–2.068
	Obesity	0.745	0.179	<0.001	2.107	1.485–2.991
	Underweight	−0.035	0.542	0.948	0.965	0.334–2.793

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