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KMID : 0878220140260040365
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Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine
2014 Volume.26 No. 4 p.365 ~ p.378
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Cut-off Values of Waist Circumference and Body Mass Index for Metabolic Syndrome according to Sasang Constitution
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Choi Jae-Wan
Yu Jun-Sang
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study was performed to investigate the cut-off values of abdominal circumference and Body Mass Index(BMI) according to Sasang Constitution.
Methods : A total of 1,773 persons, namely 440 male people and 1,333 female people, in ages from 40 to 69 years old, participated in this research. They are all included in the community based Genomic cohort in Wonju in years from 2006 to 2013. The diagnostic criteria of metabolic syndrome was used followed by the National Cholesterol Education Program in Adult Treatment Panel Ⅲ (NCEP ATP Ⅲ) and Asian pacific guideline for only abdominal obesity.
Results: The prevalence of metabolic syndrome was 34.8% for men and 37.6% for women in this research. Taeeumin was the highly significant risk type for the metabolic syndrome in both sexes. Cut-off values of abdominal circumference were 88.3 cm in men, 80.3 cm in women, and cut-off values of BMI were 24.2 kg/m2 in men and 25.3 kg/m2 in women. For men, cut-off values of abdominal circumference were 79.5cm in Soyangin, 88.8 cm in Taeeumin and 79.5 cm in Soeumin, and cut-off values of BMI were 23.2 kg/m2 in Soyangin, 25.6 kg/m2 in Taeeumin and 20.6 kg/m2 in Soeumin. For women, cut-off values of abdominal circumference were 76.3 cm in Soyangin, 80.3 cm in Taeeumin and 76.8 cm in Soeumin, and cut-off values of BMI were 22.4 kg/m2 in Soyangin, 24.9 kg/m2 in Taeeumin and 21.3 kg/m2 in Soeumin.
Conclusions: Although 90 cm in men, 80 cm in women as an Asian pacific guideline were regarded as quite approximate to the mean value of abdominal circumference and 25 kg/m2 to BMI. But if the results could be allocated in terms of the Sasang constitutional method, the cut-off values for Soyangin and Soeumin should be lowered than now.
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KEYWORD
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Sasang Constitutional Medicine, Metabolic Syndrome, Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference
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