Association of Cold-Heat Patterns with Tongue Features, Body Composition, Anthropometric Indices, and Blood Parameters in Tae-Eum Type

Table 4

Comparison of blood parameters between cold- and heat-pattern groups (n = 50).

Variables	Cold pattern (n = 20)	Heat pattern (n = 30)	-value
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	189.05 (47.89)	205.53 (40.13)	0.194
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	131.3 (84.36)	209.97 (136.71)	0.026
High-density lipoprotein (mg/dL)	55.7 (12.19)	48.97 (8.64)	0.027
Total protein (g/dL)	7.46 (0.37)	7.46 (0.36)	0.975
Albumin (g/dL)	4.73 (0.26)	4.73 (0.3)	0.968
Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L)	24.75 (10.05)	27.4 (9.39)	0.346
Alanine aminotransferase (U/L)	20.45 (11.93)	37.2 (17.61)	0.001
Alkaline phosphatase (U/L)	27.9 (24.33)	38.17 (25.57)	0.163
Fasting blood glucose (mg/dL)	100.1 (26.54)	110.4 (43.99)	0.353
Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL)	14.19 (3.89)	14.89 (3.67)	0.521
Creatinine (mg/dL)	0.87 (0.19)	0.93 (0.16)	0.198
Calcium (mg/dL)	8.97 (0.34)	8.98 (0.26)	0.829
Sodium (mmol/L)	138.65 (1.66)	138.23 (1.41)	0.345
Potassium (mmol/L)	4.21 (0.28)	4.35 (0.32)	0.116
Chloride (mmol/L)	102.65 (1.57)	102.57 (2.1)	0.880
White blood cells (K/uL)	6.36 (1.58)	7.17 (1.69)	0.096
Red blood cells (M/uL)	4.6 (0.41)	4.92 (0.44)	0.011
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	13.65 (1.88)	14.86 (1.25)	0.009
Platelets (K/dL)	249.8 (51.61)	250.23 (69.74)	0.981
Segmented neutrophils (%)	52.65 (6.81)	52.97 (8.24)	0.887
Lymphocytes (%)	35.95 (4.86)	36.13 (6.83)	0.918
Monocytes (%)	7.7 (2.18)	7.67 (1.97)	0.955
Eosinophils (%)	3.25 (3.37)	2.83 (2.07)	0.590
Basophils (%)	0.45 (0.51)	0.4 (0.5)	0.732
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (mm/h)	6.45 (6.05)	5.17 (6.06)	0.466
C-reactive protein (mg/L)	1.44 (1.35)	1.73 (1.62)	0.510

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