Research Article
Association of Cold-Heat Patterns with Tongue Features, Body Composition, Anthropometric Indices, and Blood Parameters in Tae-Eum Type
Table 5
Comparison of tongue features between cold- and heat-pattern groups (n = 50).
| Variables | Cold pattern (n = 20) | Heat pattern (n = 30) | -value |
| Tongue body area | | | | CIE L | 48.23 (3.7) | 45.76 (2.65) | 0.008 | CIE a | 21.49 (1.56) | 22.27 (1.03) | 0.059 | CIE b | 15.81 (2.47) | 14.78 (1.68) | 0.114 | Tongue coating area | | | | CIE L | 39.9 (7.25) | 36.94 (6.51) | 0.139 | CIE a | 13.48 (0.55) | 13.02 (0.66) | 0.012 | CIE b | 14.66 (2.18) | 13.45 (1.98) | 0.047 |
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