Research Article

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

Table 3

Multiple regression analysis for the association of KM pattern scores and RMR.

ā€‰Model 1Model 2Model 3
SE valueSE valueSE value

CP7.8<0.0017.2<0.0016.50.016
SQDP7.80.0186.80.0166.00.119
HP36.17.8<0.00112.26.80.0753.56.00.564
KDP7.90.3457.67.20.29110.96.40.087

Model 1: unadjusted; Model 2: adjusted for gender and age; Model 3: adjusted for gender, age, and fat-free mass; , unstandardized coefficients; SE, standard error of unstandardized coefficients; RMR, resting metabolic rate; CP, cold pattern; SQDP, spleen-qi deficiency pattern; HP, heat pattern; KDP, kidney deficiency pattern.