TY - JOUR AU - Lim, Ji Hye AU - Ko, Mi Mi AU - Moon, Tae-Woong AU - Cha, Min Ho AU - Lee, Myeong Soo PY - 2012 DA - 2012/10/09 TI - Association of the UCP-1 single nucleotide polymorphism A-3826G with the dampness-phlegm pattern among Korean stroke patients JO - BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine SP - 180 VL - 12 IS - 1 AB - Patients with stroke have various syndromes and symptoms. Through pattern identification (PI), traditional Korean medicine (TKM) classifies the several syndromes and symptoms of stroke patients into five categories: Fire-heat (FH), Dampness-phlegm (DP), Yin-deficiency (YD), Qi-deficiency (QD) and Blood-stasis (BS). DP has been associated with obesity and hyperlipidemia. Uncoupling protein-1 (UCP-1), which plays a major role in thermogenesis and energy expenditure can increase the risk of obesity and can be related metabolic disorders. In this study, we elucidated the association of three polymorphisms located in the UCP-1 promoter and coding region with DP among Korean stroke patients. SN - 1472-6882 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6882-12-180 DO - 10.1186/1472-6882-12-180 ID - Lim2012 ER -