Associations between traditional Chinese medicine body constitution and cardiovascular disease risk in a white population [PDF]
Background: Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has guided generations of practice on disease treatment and health maintenance. The TCM principles include the framework of body constitution.
Lihua Shu +10 more
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Prevalence of traditional Chinese medicine body constitutions in a large community-based study in Hangzhou, China [PDF]
Background Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) views body constitution as a foundational determinant of health and disease risk. Understanding the distribution of body constitutions across the population can help in developing personalized strategies to ...
Yi-Hsuan Wu +11 more
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Associations of traditional Chinese medicine body constitution and all-cause mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a prospective cohort study of a Taiwanese medical center [PDF]
IntroductionThe objective of this study was to investigate associations between baseline body constitutions (BCs) in traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and all-cause mortality in Chinese individuals with type 2 diabetes.MethodsA total of 887 individuals ...
Cheng-Hung Lee +12 more
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A bidirectional Mendelian randomisation study to evaluate the relationship between body constitution and hearing loss [PDF]
Hearing loss and hearing disorders represent possible mediating pathways in the associations between noise exposures and non-auditory health outcomes. In this context, we assessed whether the noise-obesity associations should consider hearing functions ...
Yiyan He +4 more
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Valid and Convenient Questionnaire Assessment of Chinese Body Constitution: Item Characteristics, Reliability, and Construct Validation [PDF]
Taoying Lu,1– 3 Jingwen Yan,4 Jianfang Chang,5 Jianxiong Cai,1– 3 Lingjia Yin,1,3,6 Jiamin Yuan,1,7 Li Huang,1,7 Yingshuai Li,8 Minghua Bai,9 Kit-Tai Hau,5 Darong Wu,1– 3 Zhimin Yang1,7 1State Key Laboratory of Dampness Syndrome of Chinese Medicine, The ...
Lu T +11 more
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Validation of the Cantonese version of the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Body constitution Questionnaire in elderly people [PDF]
Background The Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Body Constitution Questionnaire (For Elderly People) (TCMECQ) is a patient-reported outcome questionnaire developed in Mandarin in 2013 to differentiate the body constitutions of the elderly aged 65 and ...
Yiu Lin Wong +6 more
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Body Constitution and Unhealthy Lifestyles in a Primary Care Population at High Cardiovascular Risk: New Insights for Health Management [PDF]
Yi Wang,1,* Xiao-Ya Wu,2,* Harry HX Wang,1,3 Yu-Ting Li,4 Yu Fu,1,5 Jia-Ji Wang,6,7 Jose Hernandez,8,9 Martin CS Wong3,10,11 1School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2Shipai Community Health Centre,
Wang Y +7 more
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Purpose: determination of somatologic characteristics of biathlon students’ body constitution in predicting of their successfulness. Material: in the research the following students participated (n=27, age19-21 years, boys n=17, girls n=10).
S. G. Priymak, N. O. Terentieva
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A community-based Daoyin program for health promotion: effects of the Qi and mind harmonizing method on body constitution for the health of older adults [PDF]
IntroductionThis study assessed the potential of the Qi and Mind Harmonizing Method—a traditional Daoyin practice—as a community-based mind–body intervention to improve body constitution, cardiovascular function, sleep, and psychological wellbeing in ...
Yun-Ning Tsai +12 more
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Effects of mind-body exercise on body constitution and circadian rhythm in people with suboptimal health status. [PDF]
Kung YY +5 more
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