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Table 3 Baseline characteristics of the three most frequent oriental obesity patterns: yang deficiency syndrome (YDS), food accumulation syndrome (FAS), and liver depression syndrome (LDS)

From: Understanding the molecular aspects of oriental obesity pattern differentiation using DNA microarray

Gender

YDS (n = 6)

LDS (n = 9)

FAS (n = 8)

Total (n = 23)

P value

P 2 value

Male = 0/Female = 6

Male = 3/Female = 6

Male = 1/Female = 7

Male = 4/Female = 19

Age (years)

44.7 ± 9.20

40.9 ± 9.47

37.3 ± 5.15

40.6 ± 8.30

0.262

 

BW (kg)

71.9 ± 4.81

79.3 ± 9.28

75.6 ± 8.46

76.1 ± 8.28

0.650

0.764

BMI (kg/m2)

28.4 ± 1.44

29.4 ± 1.80

28.3 ± 1.34

28.8 ± 1.58

0.670

0.843

MR (kcal/day)

1451.7 ± 325.54

1615.6 ± 428.34

1528.8 ± 348.44

1542.6 ± 365.98

0.635

0.752

WC (mm)

95.8 ± 3.42

99.6 ± 6.77

95.3 ± 5.73

97.1 ± 5.83

0.619

0.484

FP (%)

38.9 ± 3.68

35.5 ± 5.43

38.2 ± 6.38

37.3 ± 5.39

0.809

0.067

TBF (%)

27.9 ± 3.16

28.2 ± 3.48

28.7 ± 4.67

28.3 ± 3.70

0.741

0.051

FBS (mg/dL)

98.2 ± 6.65

96.8 ± 10.38

95.1 ± 10.51

96.6 ± 9.26

0.473

0.848

TG (mg/dL)

116.8 ± 54.29

129.1 ± 56.19

111.8 ± 38.83

119.9 ± 48.57

0.418

0.590

HDL (mg/dL)

81.0 ± 51.57

54.3 ± 21.17

55.0 ± 16.92

61.5 ± 31.60

0.126

0.545

T.Chol (mg/dL)

202.5 ± 38.30

207.8 ± 56.69

186.5 ± 26.08

199.0 ± 42.55

0.197

0.162

sBP (mmHg)

133.2 ± 9.91

125.1 ± 10.20

121.4 ± 10.23

125.9 ± 10.75

0.994

0.707

dBP (mmHg)

79.3 ± 6.25

80.0 ± 5.02

79.8 ± 5.06

79.7 ± 5.13

0.600

0.832

PR (/min)

76.5 ± 10.15

73.1 ± 10.86

71.3 ± 7.72

73.3 ± 9.47

0.711

0.972

  1. Data are shown as Mean ± SD
  2. P value: One-way ANOVA was used for cross-sectional comparison among three groups
  3. P 2 value: P value from ANCOVA adjusted by age and sex
  4. BW body weight, BMI body mass index, MR metabolic rate, WC waist circumference, FP fat percentage, TBF total body fat, FBS fasting blood sugar, TG triglyceride, HDL high density lipoproteins, T. chol total cholesterol, sBP systolic blood pressure, dBP diastolic blood pressure, PR pulse rate