Table 3 Characteristics of participants in different Sasang constitutional groups
SY type | TE type | SE type | p-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 9) | (n = 9) | (n = 10) | ||||||
Age (year) | 23.0 | (20.0, 27.0) | 22.0 | (20.0, 24.0) | 22.5 | (20.0, 25.0) | 0.975 | |
Height (cm) | 178.2 | (165.1, 187.7) | 178.5 | (166.8, 182.6) | 175.2 | (163.8, 184.3) | 0.414 | |
Weight (kg) | 71.4 | (58.9, 76.4) a | 72.1 | (63.5, 76.2) a | 61.2 | (55.1, 67.7) b | 0.003 | |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 21.6 | (20.2, 23.0) b | 22.5 | (21.9, 23.0) a | 20.0 | (18.6, 21.7) c | 0.000 | |
Waist circumference (cm) | 77.5 | (69.8, 85.0) | 82.0 | (74.8, 84.3) | 76.5 | (69.5, 79.0) | 0.059 | |
Hip circumference (cm) | 95.5 | (85.7, 100.0) | 96.5 | (92.5, 102.5) | 93.4 | (85.5, 99.0) | 0.096 | |
Pulse rate (/min) | 78.0 | (66.0, 84.0) | 72.0 | (66.0, 84.0) | 72.0 | (60.0, 84.0) | 0.319 | |
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 105.0 | (85.0, 135.0) | 117.5 | (95.0, 135.0) | 102.5 | (95.0, 110.0) | 0.257 | |
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 70.0 | (60.0, 85.0) | 70.0 | (60.0, 85.0) | 70.0 | (50.0, 75.0) | 0.683 | |
Fasting glucose (mg/dL) | 85.0 | (77.0, 91.0) | 89.0 | (78.0, 101.0) | 83.0 | (79.0, 92.0) | 0.354 | |
Triglyceride (mg/dL) | 66.0 | (32.0, 95.0) | 61.0 | (31.0, 230.0) | 57.5 | (41.0, 136.0) | 0.841 | |
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 147.0 | (130.0, 180.0) | 148.0 | (102.0, 187.0) | 148.0 | (119.0, 174.0) | 0.944 | |
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | 56.0 | (42.0, 70.0) | 57.0 | (37.0, 79.0) | 59.0 | (50.0, 79.0) | 0.758 | |
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | 89.0 | (79.0, 111.0) | 79.0 | (58.0, 121.0) | 83.5 | (53.0, 116.0) | 0.520 | |
Insulin (µU/mL) | 5.6 | (3.7, 10.1) | 7.1 | (3.5, 18.1) | 7.4 | (4.4, 18.7) | 0.494 | |
HOMA-IR | 1.1 | (0.7, 2.1) | 1.5 | (0.7, 4.1) | 1.4 | (0.8, 4.2) | 0.483 | |
KEAT-26 | 3.0 | (0.0, 13.0) | 0.0 | (0.0, 12.0) | 3.5 | (0.0, 10.0) | 0.232 | |
BULIT-R | 47.0 | (31.0, 87.0) ab | 45.0 | (31.0, 54.0) a | 38.5 | (31.0, 44.0) b | 0.037 | |
DEBQ | Restraint | 24.0 | (17.0, 37.0) | 25.0 | (12.0, 34.0) | 15.0 | (11.0, 25.0) | 0.044 |
Emotional | 19.0 | (13.0, 50.0) | 23.0 | (13.0, 34.0) | 13.5 | (13.0, 18.0) | 0.060 | |
External | 32.0 | (19.0, 45.0) | 28.0 | (25.0, 36.0) | 25.0 | (14.0, 37.0) | 0.396 | |
GSRS | 3.0 | (1.0, 6.0) | 3.0 | (0.0, 7.0) | 2.5 | (0.0, 9.0) | 0.677 | |