A Study on the Reliability of Sasang Constitutional Body Trunk Measurement

Jang, Eun-Su; Kim, Jong Yeol; Lee, Haejung; Kim, Honggie; Baek, Younghwa; Lee, Si-Woo

doi:10.1155/2012/604842

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“…The axillary, chest, rib, and waist circumferences were used in analysis as trunk circumferences for comparing other body circumferences. According to the theory that each body circumference differs depending on the Sasang type, the eight-part body circumference measurements are used to diagnose the Sasang type 11, 12. The measurements were performed according to the standard protocols provided in Table 2.…”

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Bodily differences between Cold- and Heat-prescription groups in Sasang medicine

Park¹,

Nam²,

Do³

et al. 2016

Integrative Medicine Research

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BackgroundIn Sasang medicine, patients are treated with herbal prescriptions based on Cold-Heat patterns induced by conditions of physiological equilibrium among internal organs, which also induce differences in body circumferences. The objective of the current study was to elucidate the relationship between Cold- and Heat-prescription types and body circumferences.MethodsData from suitable subjects (115 males and 222 females) were collected, and the body circumferences were compared according to their Cold- and Heat-prescription grouping. For male subjects with significant body circumference differences between the Cold- and Heat-prescription groups, the body circumference ratios were analyzed by comparing the differences between these groups using ranked analysis of covariance (ANCOVA).ResultsIn men, consistent differences were observed in the body circumference measures and ratios between the Cold- and Heat-prescription groups. The Heat-prescription groups showed greater abdominal circumferences, notably demonstrated by a higher rib-to-pelvic circumference ratio in the Tae-Eum (TE) type (p = 0.041) and a higher chest-to-hip circumference ratio in the So-Yang (SY) type (p = 0.087).ConclusionIn the SY-type men, the chest circumference was significantly greater in the Heat-prescription group compared to the Cold-prescription group. In the TE-type men, the rib-to-pelvic circumference ratio was significantly higher in the Heat-prescription group than in the Cold-prescription group.

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Bodily differences between Cold- and Heat-prescription groups in Sasang medicine

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Nam²,

Do³

et al. 2016

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“…Data collectors were trained rigorously to ensure quality of data acquisition according to the standard operating procedure (SOP) developed by KIOM [26, 27]. …”

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

Baek

Park

Lee

et al. 2014

BMC Complement Altern Med

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BackgroundObesity is an important risk factor for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases and could affect mortality rates. Body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) have been used to classify obesity, and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) has recently emerged as a discriminator of cardiovascular disease. Sasang constitution (SC) is a kind of well-known traditional Korean medicine: Tae-eumin (TE), Soeumin (SE), Taeyangin (TY) and Soyangin (SY) carrying a different level of susceptibility to chronic diseases. We aimed to examine the prevalence in general and abdominal obesity (AO) using BMI, WC and WHR according to SC in the Korean population.MethodsA total of 3,348 subjects were recruited from 24 Korean medicine clinics. Obesity was divided into three categories: general obesity by BMI, abdominal obesity by waist circumference (WC AO) and abdominal obesity by waist-to-hip ratio (WHR AO). A Chi-square test was performed to compare prevalence, and logistic regression was conducted to generate odds ratios (ORs) according to SC (p < .05).ResultsThe prevalence of general obesity was significantly higher in males than in females. The highest prevalence of general obesity, WC AO and WHR AO were all observed in the TE type, and the SY and SE types were followed in order, for both males and females respectively.The TE type was highly associated with increased risk of general obesity (OR = 20.2, 95% CI: 12.4-32.9 in males and OR = 14.3, 95% CI: 10.1-20.2 in females), of WC AO (OR = 10.7, 95% CI: 7.2-15.9 in males and OR = 7.5, 95% CI: 5.8-9.6 in females), and of WHR AO (OR = 4.6, 95% CI: 3.3-6.4 in males and OR = 3.8, 95% CI: 2.9-4.9 in females) compared with the SE type. In addition, after controlling for age, social status and eating habits, the ORs were similar to the crude model according to gender and SC.ConclusionsThis study shows that the prevalence of obesity varies according to SC in the Korean population. In particular, the TE type was highly associated with increased ORs for general obesity, WC AO and WHR AO in both genders.

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“…We calculated BMI and the ratios between pairs of circumferences because these measurements have been used in many medical and epidemiological studies. The exact positions for the measurements of the human body and various indices used to calculate ratios are described in the references [19–22]. All of the indices assessed in this study are listed and briefly described in Table 1.…”

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Identification of Hemoglobin Levels Based on Anthropometric Indices in Elderly Koreans

Lee

Kim

2016

PLoS ONE

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ObjectivesAnemia is independently and strongly associated with an increased risk of mortality in older people and is also strongly associated with obesity. The objectives of the present study were to examine the associations between the hemoglobin level and various anthropometric indices, to predict low and normal hemoglobin levels using combined anthropometric indices, and to assess differences in the hemoglobin level and anthropometric indices between Korean men and women.MethodsA total of 7,156 individuals ranging in age from 53–90 years participated in this retrospective cross-sectional study. Binary logistic regression (LR) and naïve Bayes (NB) models were used to identify significant differences in the anthropometric indices between subjects with low and normal hemoglobin levels and to assess the predictive power of these indices for the hemoglobin level.ResultsAmong all of the variables, age displayed the strongest association with the hemoglobin level in both men (p < 0.0001, odds ratio [OR] = 0.487, area under the receiver operating characteristic curve based on the LR [LR-AUC] = 0.702, NB-AUC = 0.701) and women (p < 0.0001, OR = 0.636, LR-AUC = 0.625, NB-AUC = 0.624). Among the anthropometric indices, weight and body mass index (BMI) were the best predictors of the hemoglobin level. The predictive powers of all of the variables were higher in men than in women. The AUC values for the NB-Wrapper and LR-Wrapper predictive models generated using combined anthropometric indices were 0.734 and 0.723, respectively, for men and 0.649 and 0.652, respectively, for women. The use of combined anthropometric indices may improve the predictive power for the hemoglobin level.DiscussionAmong the various anthropometric indices, with the exception of age, we did not identify any indices that were better predictors than weight and BMI for low and normal hemoglobin levels. In addition, none of the ratios between pairs of indices were good indicators of the hemoglobin level. Finally, the Korean men tended to have higher associations between the anthropometric indices and anemia than the women.

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A Study on the Reliability of Sasang Constitutional Body Trunk Measurement

Cited by 31 publications

References 16 publications

Bodily differences between Cold- and Heat-prescription groups in Sasang medicine

Bodily differences between Cold- and Heat-prescription groups in Sasang medicine

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

Identification of Hemoglobin Levels Based on Anthropometric Indices in Elderly Koreans

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