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Abstract Metabolic Syndrome and Sasang Constitution in Cohort Study Woo-Yeong Yun, Jun-Sang Yu * , and Jong-Ku Park ** Woorideul Korean Medicine Clinic, *Dept. of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Sangji University**Dept. of Preventive Medicine, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei UniversityObjectivesThis study is to investigate the related factors to contribute the metabolic syndrome according to Sasang Constitution.MethodsNine hundred twenty six persons out of 1774 persons, over 40 years old, participated in community-based cohort in Wonju City of South Korea from June 2006 to August 2009. The diagnosis of metabolic syndrome was carriedout by NCEP-ATP Ⅲ(National Cholesterol Education Program in Adult Treatment Panel Ⅲ) and Asian Pacific Criteria for abdominal obesity. The related factors were checked using questionnaire and blood samples. Sasang Constitution was verified by a Sasang Constitution specialist using the results of PSSC(Phonetic System for SasangConstitution), facial pictures and simplified Sasang Constitutional questionnaires. Metabolic syndrome incidence rate according to Sasang Constitution and binary logistic regression analysis were performed with SPSS 19.0.ResultsMetabolic syndrome incidence rate was 30.3% and the majority of newly categorized as metabolic syndrome wasTaeeumin(40.7%). There were significant risk factors like systolic blood pressure, fasting blood sugar, triglyceride and female and a significant defense factor like HDL-cholesterol. In terms of constitutional view, there were significantrisk factors like waist circumference, systolic blood pressure, triglyceride in Soyangin, female, waist circumference,systolic blood pressure, fasting blood sugar, triglyceride in Taeeumin, female, waist circumference, systolic blood pressure, triglyceride in Soeumin. And there was a significant defense factor like HDL-cholesterol in only Taeeumin.ConclusionsRegimens on metabolic syndrome were considered to be changed according to Sasang Constitution. Taeeumin female and Soeumin female should be cautious of body weight and metabolic syndrome when elderly. There are more cautious risk factors in each constitution; systolic blood pressure and triglyceride in Soyangin and fasting blood sugar and serum lipids levels in Soeumin and Taeeumin.Key Words: Metabolic Syndrome, Sasang Constitution, Logistic Regression Analysis
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