Pulmonary Function Difference in Sasang Constitutional Types
Table 1
General characteristics of participants among the Sasang constitutional types.
Variable
TE
SE
SY
value
Post hoc
Total
153
72
166
Number of cases
Age (yr)
31.49 ± 6.84
32 ± 7.12
29.83 ± 6.63
0.0287
Height (cm)
168.77 ± 8.7
164.48 ± 8.62
167.22 ± 8.6
0.0025
TE > SE
Weight (kg)
73.91 ± 12.08
54.53 ± 8.07
62.62 ± 10.04
<0.0001
TE > SY > SE
BMI (kg/m2)
25.84 ± 2.97
20.06 ± 1.55
22.26 ± 2.02
<0.0001
TE > SY > SE
SBP
109.61 ± 13.09
102.35 ± 11.89
104.52 ± 12.35
<0.0001
TE > SE, SY
DBP
68.46 ± 9.27
63.79 ± 9.2
64.25 ± 8.31
<0.0001
TE > SE, SY
Waist
88.58 ± 8
73.83 ± 5.46
78.33 ± 6.28
<0.0001
TE > SY > SE
Fasting insulin (uU/mL)
9.72 ± 7.19
5.46 ± 3.36
6.39 ± 5.18
<0.0001
TE > SE, SY
TG (mg/dL)
111.24 ± 83.41
70.65 ± 39.15
80.74 ± 43.78
<0.0001
TE > SE, SY
Fasting glucose (mg/dL)
88.23 ± 25.92
85.63 ± 18.53
83.92 ± 16.48
0.1872
HDL
48.99 ± 17.84
57.87 ± 19.02
55.27 ± 18.46
<0.0001
TE > SE, SY
Male
89
26
89
Number of cases
Age (yr)
30.58 ± 6.75
30.54 ± 6.08
29.42 ± 6
0.4355
Height (cm)
174.59 ± 5.27
173.04 ± 5.71
173.44 ± 5.49
0.2611
Weight (kg)
81.02 ± 9.45
62.5 ± 6.19
70.4 ± 6.49
<0.0001
TE > SY > SE
BMI (kg/m2)
26.56 ± 2.68
20.83 ± 1.22
23.39 ± 1.74
<0.0001
TE > SY > SE
SBP
113.09 ± 12.2
108.62 ± 11.05
110.93 ± 11.8
0.1932
DBP
70.17 ± 9.84
67.73 ± 10.3
67.24 ± 8.53
0.1018
Waist
90.9 ± 7.24
75.91 ± 4.97
81.64 ± 5.21
<0.0001
TE > SY > SE
Fasting insulin (uU/mL)
9.79 ± 6.28
4.57 ± 2.05
6.75 ± 4.85
<0.0001
TE > SE, SY
TG (mg/dL)
115.56 ± 66.97
87.07 ± 52.23
91.64 ± 51.67
0.0116
TE > SY
Fasting glucose (mg/dL)
86.22 ± 22.85
88.02 ± 20.09
85.18 ± 17.15
0.8123
HDL
44.42 ± 16.74
53.56 ± 17.5
49.89 ± 16.02
0.0174
TE < SY
Female
64
46
77
Number of cases
Age (yr)
32.75 ± 6.82
32.83 ± 7.58
30.3 ± 7.3
0.0707
Height (cm)
160.68 ± 5.43
159.63 ± 5.72
160.02 ± 5.29
0.5867
Weight (kg)
64.03 ± 7.53
50.02 ± 4.91
53.63 ± 4.14
<0.0001
TE > SY > SE
BMI (kg/m2)
24.84 ± 3.09
19.62 ± 1.55
20.95 ± 1.44
<0.0001
TE > SY > SE
SBP
104.77 ± 12.82
98.8 ± 10.94
97.1 ± 8.11
<0.0001
TE > SE, SY
DBP
66.08 ± 7.89
61.57 ± 7.78
60.81 ± 6.57
<0.0001
TE > SE, SY
Waist
85.35 ± 7.93
72.65 ± 5.41
74.51 ± 5.17
<0.0001
TE > SE, SY
Fasting insulin (uU/mL)
9.63 ± 8.34
5.97 ± 3.84
5.98 ± 5.54
0.0011
TE > SE, SY
TG (mg/dL)
105.24 ± 102.26
61.37 ± 25.68
68.15 ± 27.75
0.0004
TE > SE, SY
Fasting glucose (mg/dL)
91.01 ± 29.64
84.28 ± 17.67
82.46 ± 15.66
0.0616
HDL
55.34 ± 17.48
60.3 ± 19.59
61.5 ± 19.22
0.1365
Data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation. value: ANOVA result. TE: Tae-Eum, SE: So-Eum, SY: So-Yang, BMI: body mass index, SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, TG: triglyceride, and HDL: high-density lipoprotein.
