Cold and Spleen-Qi Deficiency Patterns in Korean Medicine Are Associated with Low Resting Metabolic Rate

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KM pattern scores by gender and age. Depicted are LOWESS smoothed lines and 95% confidence intervals (grey shade) with the observed means of pattern scores (dots) by gender and age. CP, cold pattern; SQDP, spleen-qi deficiency pattern; HP, heat pattern; KDP, kidney deficiency pattern.

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