Association of serum resistin with blood stasis syndrome in traditional Korean medicine for metabolic diseases: A cross-sectional multicenter observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Blood stasis syndrome (BSS) is considered as the cause of several chronic disease including metabolic diseases in traditional East Asian medicine. In this study, we investigated the levels of serum resistin and other proteins related to metabolic syndrome (MS) and several other diseases categories to identify the association with BSS.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional, multicenter study of patients recruited from seven traditional Korean Medicine (TKM) hospitals. To identify whether there was an association with BSS in specific disease conditions, including MS, serum protein levels were evaluated using the multiplex method.

Results

A total of 885 patients (419 patients with BSS, 376 patients without BSS, and 90 healthy controls) participated in the study,

SUBMITTER: Ko MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8059049 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature