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Table 1 General Characteristics of the subjects

From: The prevalence of general and abdominal obesity according to sasang constitution in Korea

 

SC type

 

P value*

SE

SY

TE

Total

Male

     

N (%)

266 (22.3)

402 (33.9)

523 (43.9)

1191 (100)

0.001

Age (yrs)

46.1 ± 14

51.2 ± 14.2

50.9 ± 14.3

49.9 ± 14.3

<0.001

Height (cm)

169.8 ± 6.1

169 ± 6.2

170.2 ± 6.3

169.7 ± 6.2

0.025

Weight (kg)

63.3 ± 8.3

67.4 ± 8.9

74.8 ± 10.7

69.7 ± 10.7

<0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

21.9 ± 2.4

23.6 ± 2.6

25.8 ± 2.9

24.1 ± 3.0

<0.001

WC (cm)

81.8 ± 7.2

85.9 ± 7.1

92.1 ± 7.8

87.7 ± 8.5

<0.001

WHR

0.9 ± 0.06

0.92 ± 0.05

0.95 ± 0.06

0.93 ± 0.06

<0.001

Education, high school

121 (45.8)

220 (55)

269 (52)

610 (51.7)

0.067

Occupation, white collar

127 (48.8)

138 (35.2)

189 (36.6)

454 (38.8)

0.001

Amount of eating

     

too much

15 (5.6)

55 (13.7)

95 (18.2)

165 (13.9)

<0.001

a moderate amount

175 (65.8)

252 (62.7)

317 (60.6)

744 (62.5)

 

too little

51 (19.2)

68 (16.9)

58 (11.1)

177 (14.9)

 

irregular

25 (9.4)

27 (6.7)

53 (10.1)

105 (8.8)

 

Speed of eating

     

quickly

136 (51.1)

216 (53.7)

334 (63.9)

686 (57.6)

<0.001

moderately

76 (28.6)

125 (31.1)

134 (25.6)

335 (28.1)

 

slowly

54 (20.3)

61 (15.2)

55 (10.5)

170 (14.3)

 

Female

     

N (%)

602 (27.9)

733 (34)

822 (38.1)

2157 (100)

 

Age (yrs)

46.9 ± 15

48.3 ± 13.8

51.6 ± 14.9

49.1 ± 14.7

<0.001

Height (cm)

158 ± 5.8

156.8 ± 5.9

157.6 ± 5.8

157.4 ± 5.8

0.001

Weight (kg)

52.6 ± 6.3

55.4 ± 6.8

62.7 ± 8.5

57.4 ± 8.5

<0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

21.1 ± 2.5

22.5 ± 2.7

25.3 ± 3.2

23.1 ± 3.3

<0.001

WC (cm)

77.4 ± 8.2

80.5 ± 8.4

88.3 ± 9.3

82.5 ± 9.8

<0.001

WHR

0.86 ± 0.07

0.88 ± 0.07

0.91 ± 0.07

0.89 ± 0.07

<0.001

Education, high school

331 (55.3)

416 (56.8)

570 (70.2)

1317 (61.5)

0.001

Occupation, white collar

157 (26.2)

201 (27.8)

162 (20.1)

520 (24.4)

<0.001

Amount of eating

     

too much

27 (4.5)

47 (6.4)

93 (11.3)

167 (7.7)

<0.001

a moderate amount

361 (60)

438 (59.8)

434 (52.8)

1233 (57.2)

 

too little

127 (21.1)

114 (15.6)

133 (16.2)

374 (17.3)

 

irregular

87 (14.5)

134 (18.3)

162 (19.7)

383 (17.8)

 

Speed of eating

     

quickly

209 (34.7)

332 (45.3)

441 (53.6)

982 (45.5)

<0.001

moderately

245 (40.7)

265 (36.2)

260 (31.6)

770 (35.7)

 

slowly

148 (24.6)

136 (18.6)

121 (14.7)

405 (18.8)

 
  1. Data are the mean ± SD or n (%). * p value was determined by a chi-squared test or one-way ANOVA of among SC by gender. SC, Sasang constitution; SE, Soeumin; SY, Soyangin; TE, Tae-eumin; BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; WHR, waist-to-hip ratio.