The Relationships between Leptin, Genotype, and Chinese Medicine Body Constitution for Obesity

Table 4

Comparisons of biochemical profiles within 3 traditional Chinese medicine body constitutions (TCMBC).

Parameters	Yang deficiency (YangDC)			Yin deficiency (YinDC)			Phlegm-stasis (PSC)
	(+) n = 29	(−) n = 21		(+) n = 33	(−) n = 17		(+) n = 29	(−) n = 21
Fasting sugar	92.7 (12.7)	99.3 (24.6)	0.22	94.1 (12.2)	98.2 (27.6)	0.47	92.9 (13.0)	99.0 (24.5)	0.25
HbA1c	6.0 (0.4)	6.0 (0.7)	0.93	6.0 (0.4)	6.0 (0.7)	0.86	6.0 (0.4)	6.0 (0.7)	0.72
eAG	126.4 (11.7)	126.0 (19.2)	0.94	125.9 (11.6)	126.8 (20.8)	0.85	126.9 (11.6)	125.4 (19.3)	0.74
HDL	48.3 (10.9)	51.0 (19.3)	0.53	47.6 (10.5)	52.9 (21.0)	0.24	46.8 (9.9)	53.1 (19.6)	0.14
VLDL	28.3 (20.2)	33.1 (19.1)	0.41	32.7 (20.5)	25.3 (17.4)	0.22	30.4 (20.3)	30.1 (19.2)	0.96
LDL	129.9 (35.0)	131.1 (36.7)	0.91	130.6 (36.4)	130.0 (34.2)	0.95	130.0 (36.1)	131.0 (35.1)	0.93
Total cholesterol	199.8 (41.5)	203.1 (36.2)	0.77	203.2 (40.1)	197.4 (37.8)	0.63	199.7 (43.2)	203.2 (33.2)	0.76
Total cholesterol/HDL	4.3 (1.2)	4.4 (0.9)	0.70	4.4 (1.1)	4.3 (1.2)	0.63	4.4 (1.2)	4.3 (1.0)	0.73
LDL/HDL	2.8 (1.0)	2.8 (0.7)	0.94	2.8 (0.8)	2.8 (1.0)	0.99	2.9 (0.9)	2.7 (0.8)	0.57
Triglyceride	146.2 (120.0)	181.7 (139.1)	0.34	175.7 (140.0)	132.9 (99.4)	0.27	156.6 (120.5)	167.5 (141.0)	0.77
Leptin	29.7 (24.8)	15.9 (9.9)	0.020	28.8 (23.5)	14.4 (9.6)	0.020	25.9 (21.4)	21.0 (20.5)	0.42
Insulin	11.9 (5.6)	12.4 (4.5)	0.73	13.0 (5.3)	10.4 (4.4)	0.088	12.3 (5.0)	11.9 (5.4)	0.79
HOMA-IR	2.8 (1.7)	3.6 (3.0)	0.21	3.1 (1.6)	3.3 (3.4)	0.82	2.9 (1.6)	3.5 (3.1)	0.35
Adiponectin	7.4 (5.0)	7.6 (4.4)	0.90	7.6 (5.1)	7.2 (4.0)	0.78	7.4 (5.2)	7.6 (4.0)	0.87

HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin; eAG, estimated average glucose; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; VLDL, very low-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; HOMA-IR, homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance.