TY - JOUR AU - Jang, Eunsu AU - Baek, Younghwa AU - Park, Kihyun AU - Lee, Siwoo PY - 2013 DA - 2013/04/02 TI - Could the Sasang constitution itself be a risk factor of abdominal obesity? JO - BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine SP - 72 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - Abdominal obesity (AO) is a medical condition in which excess body fat accumulates in the abdomen. It may cause adverse effects on health and result in reduced life expectancy or increased health problems. While various genetic approaches have explained the risks of AO in Western society, the Sasang constitution (SC) has been identified as a risk factor in Korean medicine. Different SC types are associated with different fat distribution, body shapes and susceptibility to diseases. We evaluated whether the SC type could be a risk for AO in a cross-sectional study among Koreans. SN - 1472-6882 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6882-13-72 DO - 10.1186/1472-6882-13-72 ID - Jang2013 ER -