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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