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| Title |
The prevalence of general and abdominal obesity according to sasang constitution in Korea
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| Published in |
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, August 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6882-14-298 |
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| Authors |
Younghwa Baek, Kihyun Park, Siwoo Lee, Eunsu Jang |
| Abstract |
Obesity 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. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 35 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 35 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 9% |
| Researcher | 3 | 9% |
| Other | 5 | 14% |
| Unknown | 9 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 26% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 14% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 6% |
| Computer Science | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 4 | 11% |
| Unknown | 11 | 31% |