Research Article
Association of Cold-Heat Patterns with Tongue Features, Body Composition, Anthropometric Indices, and Blood Parameters in Tae-Eum Type
Table 2
General characteristics of cold- and heat-pattern groups (n = 50).
| Variables | Cold pattern (n = 20) | Heat pattern (n = 30) | -value |
| Age (mean, SD) | 43.7 (16.71) | 47.93 (15.56) | 0.365 | Sex (no. of subjects, %) | | | 0.028 | Male | 7 (35.0) | 20 (66.7) | | Female | 13 (65.0) | 10 (33.3) | | Vital signs | | | | Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 121.4 (12.63) | 131.7 (12.64) | 0.007 | Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 81.9 (9.94) | 86.2 (10.47) | 0.153 | Pulse (beats/min) | 77.55 (9.1) | 78.47 (8.7) | 0.722 | Respiration rate (/min) | 17.5 (2.24) | 17.2 (2.76) | 0.687 | Temperature (°C) | 36.66 (0.16) | 36.64 (0.21) | 0.676 | Marital status (no. of subjects, %) | | | 0.644 | Single | 9 (45.0) | 10 (33.3) | | Married | 10 (50.0) | 19 (63.3) | | Other | 1 (5.0) | 1 (3.3) | | Occupation (no. of subjects, %) | | | 0.183 | White-collar worker | 1 (5.0) | 6 (20.0) | | Office worker | 1 (5.0) | 2 (6.7) | | Service | 3 (15.0) | 6 (20.0) | | Sales | 3 (15.0) | 0 (0.0) | | Blue-collar worker | 0 (0.0) | 1 (3.3) | | Other | 12 (60.0) | 15 (50.0) | | Education (no. of subjects, %) | | | 0.599 | Elementary school | 0 (0.0) | 3 (10.0) | | Middle school | 2 (10.0) | 2 (6.7) | | High school | 9 (45.0) | 12 (40.0) | | University | 8 (40.0) | 10 (33.3) | | Graduate school | 1 (5.0) | 3 (10.0) | |
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