Study on Yang-Xu Using Body Constitution Questionnaire and Blood Variables in Healthy Volunteers

Table 1

Characteristics of 192 healthy young volunteers.

	Male	Female	Total
Participants	92	100	192
Age (year, mean ± SD)	27.3 ± 4.5	26.4 ± 4.7	26.8 ± 4.6
BMI	23.3 ± 3.6	21.6 ± 3.5	22.5 ± 3.6
Education
High school	4	5	9
Bachelor’s degree	59	63	122
Master’s degree	29	32	61
Occupation
Student	43	57	100
Salaryman	32	27	59
Unemployment	9	6	15
Refused to answer	8	10	18
BCQ score
Yang-Xu	29.4 ± 8.1	32.2 ± 7.5	30.8 ± 7.9
Ying-Xu	29.0 ± 8.1	31.8 ± 7.1	30.5 ± 7.7
Stasis	24.3 ± 7.0	26.6 ± 7.7	25.5 ± 7.4
CMD score
Yang-Xu	2.0 ± 0.9	1.9 ± 0.8	1.9 ± 0.8
Ying-Xu	1.6 ± 0.7	1.6 ± 0.7	1.6 ± 0.7
Stasis	1.7 ± 0.7	1.8 ± 0.7	1.7 ± 0.7

For male subjects, the age range is 20–38; for female subjects, the age range is 20–39.
Score of body constitution questionnaire (BCQ) is as follows: in Yang-Xu, the total score range is 19–95; in Yin-Xu, the total score range is 19–95; in Stasis, the total score range is 16–80.
Score of Chinese medical doctor (CMD) for each body constitution (BC) (Yang-Xu, Yin-Xu, or Stasis), the total score range is 1–4.