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KMID : 0363620150360030065
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Journal of Korean Oriental Medicine
2015 Volume.36 No. 3 p.65 ~ p.72
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The Study of the Relation Between the Body Mass Index and the Dam-Bangkwang Body of Hyung-Sang Medicine in Patients over 45 Years of Age
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Jang Young-Woo
Yun Young-Ju
Kwon Jung-Nam
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Abstract
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Objectives: Shape of face has relations with body shape and body weight in the Korean medicine. We investigated a correlation between a body mass index (BMI) and Dam-Bangkwang Body of Hyung-Sang medicine.
Methods: The subjects were 244 adults aged from 45 to 64. A facial shape diagnostic equipment was used to classify
Bangkwang Body or Dam Body. Statistical analyses were performed with the SPSS program to compare the correlation of BMI in each group.
Results: We measured BMIs of the subjects who have Dam Body or Bangkwang Body which ranges were 22.53±2.83 and 24.43±2.90, respectively. The BMIs of Dam body subjects were significantly higher than those of Bangkwang Body subjects statistically (P<0.001). In order to verify our hypothesis, we also speculated BMIs of the obese with a BMI over 25. The BMIs of Bangkwang Body subjects were also higher than those of Dam Body subjects (P=0.001). With the width of the face of all subjects, we found that Bangkwang Body subjects whose the width of the face was relatively long had higher levels of BMI and obesity than Dam Body subjects whose height of the face was relatively long.
Conclusions: The BMI of the Bangkwang Body is statistically higher than the Dam Body.
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KEYWORD
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Hyung-Sang medicine, Dam-Bangkwang Body, Body mass index, BMI
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