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

ABSTRACT: Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) formulates treatment according to body constitution (BC) differentiation. Different constitutions have specific metabolic characteristics and different susceptibility to certain diseases. This study aimed to assess the Yang-Xu constitution using a body constitution questionnaire (BCQ) and clinical blood variables. A BCQ was employed to assess the clinical manifestation of Yang-Xu. The logistic regression model was conducted to explore the relationship between BC scores and biomarkers. Leave-one-out cross-validation (LOOCV) and K-fold cross-validation were performed to evaluate the accuracy of a predictive model in practice. Decision trees (DTs) were conducted to determine the possible relationships between blood biomarkers and BC scores. According to the

SUBMITTER: Chen HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4906219 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature