Pulmonary Function Difference in Sasang Constitutional Types

Table 2

Results of pulmonary function test among Sasang constitutional type (ANOVA).

Variables	TE	SE	SY	P value	Post hoc
Total	153	72	166
Number of subjects
VT, liters	0.66 ± 0.28	0.58 ± 0.25	0.66 ± 0.30	0.0543
VC, liters	4.34 ± 0.94	3.79 ± 1.06	4.25 ± 0.93	<0.0001	TE > SE, SY > SE
IC, liters	2.85 ± 0.74	2.27 ± 0.59	2.64 ± 0.66	<0.0001	TE > SY > SE
ERV, liters	1.49 ± 0.52	1.53 ± 0.60	1.61 ± 0.52	0.1574
IRV, liters	2.20 ± 0.70	1.69 ± 0.53	1.98 ± 0.61	<0.0001	TE > SY > SE
FVC, liters	4.37 ± 0.93	3.85 ± 1.00	4.30 ± 0.95	<0.0001	TE > SE, SY > SE
FEV1, liters	3.52 ± 0.75	3.11 ± 0.81	3.51 ± 0.79	<0.0001	TE > SE, SY > SE
FEV1/FVC (%)	81.12 ± 8.08	81.06 ± 9.11	82.02 ± 8.46	0.6973
(ml/kg/min)	39.82 ± 7.21	40.37 ± 7.39	42.56 ± 7.52	0.0031	SY > TE
AT (mL/(kg⋅min))	22.56 ± 3.85	23.07 ± 5.32	23.32 ± 4.58	0.3117
Exercise time (sec)	643.21 ± 86.77	619.88 ± 95.59	672.67 ± 89.82	<0.0001	SY > SE, SY > TE
Male	89	26	89
Number of subjects
VT, liters	0.72 ± 0.29	0.71 ± 0.27	0.73 ± 0.32	0.9788
VC, liters	4.95 ± 0.71	4.86 ± 0.94	4.95 ± 0.60	0.7738
IC, liters	3.35 ± 0.52	2.85 ± 0.44	3.07 ± 0.52	<0.0001	TE > SY, TE > SE
ERV, liters	1.60 ± 0.59	2.01 ± 0.69	1.87 ± 0.48	0.0005	TE < SY, TE < SE
IRV, liters	2.63 ± 0.53	2.14 ± 0.46	2.34 ± 0.53	<0.0001	TE > SY, TE > SE
FVC, liters	4.96 ± 0.68	4.85 ± 0.82	4.99 ± 0.64	0.1977
FEV1, liters	3.98 ± 0.55	3.86 ± 0.68	4.05 ± 0.57	0.1045
FEV1/FVC (%)	80.78 ± 7.94	79.87 ± 10.24	81.58 ± 8.11	0.7726
(ml/kg/min)	43.43 ± 6.45	46.39 ± 6.75	46.34 ± 6.80	0.0086	SY > TE
AT (mL/(kg⋅min))	23.66 ± 4.03	25.87 ± 6.71	24.83 ± 4.66	0.0676
Exercise time (sec)	685.06 ± 77.65	689.54 ± 89.78	719.84 ± 90.81	0.0203	SY > TE
Female	64	46	77
Number of subjects
VT, liters	0.57 ± 0.24	0.51 ± 0.21	0.58 ± 0.26	0.0844
VC, liters	3.52 ± 0.49	3.19 ± 0.49	3.44 ± 0.48	0.0002	TE > SE, SY > SE
IC, liters	2.19 ± 0.38	1.94 ± 0.35	2.14 ± 0.39	0.0009	TE > SE, SY > SE
ERV, liters	1.35 ± 0.38	1.25 ± 0.30	1.30 ± 0.39	0.2385
IRV, liters	1.62 ± 0.45	1.43 ± 0.36	1.56 ± 0.40	0.0681
FVC, liters	3.54 ± 0.52	3.24 ± 0.47	3.47 ± 0.47	0.0018	TE > SE, SY > SE
FEV1, liters	2.88 ± 0.46	2.65 ± 0.48	2.86 ± 0.47	0.0131	TE > SE
FEV1/FVC (%)	81.60 ± 8.31	81.79 ± 8.38	82.55 ± 8.89	0.8265
(mL/kg/min)	34.81 ± 4.85	36.97 ± 5.30	38.18 ± 5.76	0.0012	SY > TE
AT (mL/(kg⋅min))	21.03 ± 3.00	21.48 ± 3.54	21.57 ± 3.82	0.6382
Exercise time (sec)	585.02 ± 61.9	580.5 ± 74.5	618.14 ± 48.46	0.0006	SY > TE, SY > SE

Data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation. value: ANOVA result. TE: Tae-Eum, SE: So-Eum, SY: So-Yang, VT: tidal volume, VC: vital capacity, IC: inspiratory capacity, ERV: expiratory reserve volume, IRV: inspiratory reserve volume, FVC: forced vital capacity, FEV₁: forced expiratory volume in 1 sec, : maximal oxygen consumption, and AT: anaerobic threshold.