Study on Yang-Xu Using Body Constitution Questionnaire and Blood Variables in Healthy Volunteers
Joint Authors
Hsu, Wei-Hsiang
Chen, Hong-Jhang
Lin, Yii-Jeng
Wu, Pei-Chen
Hu, Wan-Chung
Wu, Trong-Neng
Lin, Yun-Lian
Chen, Fang-Pey
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-05-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) formulates treatment according to body constitution (BC) differentiation.
Different constitutions have specific metabolic characteristics and different susceptibility to certain diseases.
This study aimed to assess the Yang-Xu constitution using a body constitution questionnaire (BCQ) and clinical blood variables.
A BCQ was employed to assess the clinical manifestation of Yang-Xu.
The logistic regression model was conducted to explore the relationship between BC scores and biomarkers.
Leave-one-out cross-validation (LOOCV) and K-fold cross-validation were performed to evaluate the accuracy of a predictive model in practice.
Decision trees (DTs) were conducted to determine the possible relationships between blood biomarkers and BC scores.
According to the BCQ analysis, 49% participants without any BC were classified as healthy subjects.
Among them, 130 samples were selected for further analysis and divided into two groups.
One group comprised healthy subjects without any BC (68%), while subjects of the other group, named as the sub-healthy group, had three BCs (32%).
Six biomarkers, CRE, TSH, HB, MONO, RBC, and LH, were found to have the greatest impact on BCQ outcomes in Yang-Xu subjects.
This study indicated significant biochemical differences in Yang-Xu subjects, which may provide a connection between blood variables and the Yang-Xu BC.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Chen, Hong-Jhang& Lin, Yii-Jeng& Wu, Pei-Chen& Hsu, Wei-Hsiang& Hu, Wan-Chung& Wu, Trong-Neng…[et al.]. 2016. Study on Yang-Xu Using Body Constitution Questionnaire and Blood Variables in Healthy Volunteers. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1104503
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Chen, Hong-Jhang…[et al.]. Study on Yang-Xu Using Body Constitution Questionnaire and Blood Variables in Healthy Volunteers. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1104503
American Medical Association (AMA)
Chen, Hong-Jhang& Lin, Yii-Jeng& Wu, Pei-Chen& Hsu, Wei-Hsiang& Hu, Wan-Chung& Wu, Trong-Neng…[et al.]. Study on Yang-Xu Using Body Constitution Questionnaire and Blood Variables in Healthy Volunteers. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1104503
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1104503