A Study of Traditional Chinese Medicine Body Constitution Associated with Overweight, Obesity, and Underweight

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Distribution of normal BMI, overweight, and obesity among Neutral group and the other TCM constitution groups. (a) The proportion of normal BMI, overweight, and obesity was 37.52%, 34.07%, and 31.38% in Qi_Deficient group ( and for trend = 0.043), respectively; (b) the proportion of normal BMI, overweight, and obesity was 34.49%, 23.80%, and 19.20% in Yang_Deficient group ( and for trend <0.001), respectively; and (c) the proportion of normal BMI, overweight, and obesity was 10.62%, 15.54%, and 19.78% in Phlegm_Dampness group ( and for trend <0.001), respectively.

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