Manifestations of Sasang Typology according to Common Chronic Diseases in Koreans

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the patients.

		All (248)	DM (52)	HTN (47)	FD (36)	MDD (26)	ADM (82)	p
Age (y)		50 (40–62)	61 (51–69)	63(57–72)	38 (32–52)	45.5 (25–64)	44 (39–48)	<0.001
Sex	Male	76 (30.6%)	31 (59.6%)	25 (53.2%)	11 (30.6%)	9 (34.6%)	0 (0.0%)	<0.001
Alcohol consumption	Yes	110 (44.4%)	16 (30.8%)	21 (44.7%)	22 (61.1%)	9 (34.6%)	42 (50%)	0.008
Smoking	Yes	24 (9.7%)	11 (21.2%)	2 (4.3%)	4 (11.1%)	4 (15.4%)	3 (3.6%)	0.003
Exercise	Yes	193 (77.8%)	44 (84.6%)	38 (80.9%)	29 (80.6%)	18 (69.2%)	64 (76.2%)	0.016
BMI (kg/m^2)		23.73 ± 3.62	24.91 ± 3.77	25.44 ± 3.07	22.81 ± 2.73	23.37 ± 3.88	22.54 ± 3.55	<0.001
Sleep duration (h)		6.81 ± 1.58	7.07 ± 2.19	6.48 ± 1.64	6.75 ± 1.19	6.60 ± 1.77	6.92 ± 1.10	0.357
SPQ-B		10.19 ± 2.95	10.42 ± 3.27	10.30 ± 2.93	10.39 ± 2.63	8.23 ± 2.63	10.49 ± 2.83	0.011
SPQ-C		9.32 ± 2.46	9.94 ± 2.57	9.83 ± 2.63	9.56 ± 2.41	8.88 ± 2.30	8.71 ± 2.25	0.018
SPQ-E		7.61 ± 2.16	7.58 ± 2.28	7.06 ± 2.24	8.56 ± 2.08	8.50 ± 2.16	7.26 ± 1.92	0.002
SPQ-Total		27.12 ± 5.68	27.94 ± 5.93	27.19 ± 6.32	28.50 ± 5.27	25.62 ± 5.44	26.47 ± 5.31	0.186
SDFI-D		14.59 ± 8.88	10.76 ± 8.73	10.81 ± 6.80	18.89 ± 9.62	16.56 ± 9.34	16.58 ± 7.99	<0.001
SDFI-A		13.67 ± 4.67	14.63 ± 4.94	14.98 ± 3.78	14.81 ± 4.64	9.40 ± 4.45	13.17 ± 4.29	<0.001
SDFI-E		7.78 ± 4.38	6.96 ± 4.90	7.66 ± 3.92	9.47 ± 4.35	7.92 ± 3.49	7.57 ± 4.46	0.115
SDFI-Total		36.04 ± 11.26	32.35 ± 10.56	33.45 ± 9.05	43.17 ± 12.83	33.38 ± 12.43	37.41 ± 10.28	<0.001

Kruskal-Wallis test (median, interquartile range), Fisher’s exact test (N, %), ANOVA (mean ± SD).
DM: diabetes mellitus; HTN: hypertension; FD: functional dyspepsia; MDD: major depressive disorder; ADM: adenomyosis; SPQ: Sasang Personality Questionnaire; SDFI: Sasang Digestive Function Inventory; ANOVA: analysis of variance; SD, standard deviation.