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ObjectiveTo explore the relationship between diet habits and constitution type of 8448adults from 9 provinces and municipalities of China.MethodsA total of 8448 participants from Jiangsu,Anhui,Gansu,Qinghai,Fujian,Beijing,Jilin,Jiangxi and Henan Province were enrolled in this study.The clinical information of constitution type,diet habits and demographic characteristics was collected.Logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate the relationship between diet habits and constitution type.ResultsLogistic regression analysis showed that gentleness type and Qi-deficiency were correlated with sweet food ( OR =1.22,P ＜ 0.05 ). There was a significantly positive correlation between Yangdeficiency and hot food intake ( OR =2.89,P ＜ 0.05 ),as well as between Yin-deficiency and cold food intake ( OR =1.56,P ＜ 0.05).Phlegm-wetness was mainly caused by fatty food consumption ( OR =2.07,P ＜ 0.05 ).Barbecue food was positively correlated with Wet-heat type ( OR =1.64,P ＜ 0.05 ),Bloodstasis type ( OR =1.37,P ＜ 0.05 ),and Qi-depression type ( OR =1.35,P ＜ 0.05 ).Special diathesis type was related to dietary preference of sweet food ( OR =1.29,P ＜ 0.05 ).ConclusionDifferent type of constitution may be related to specific lifestyle or diet habits,and diet habit might play a positive role in Gentleness type or health condition.
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ObjectiveTo explore the psychological characteristics of personality of the nine constitutions in Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM),so as to enrich and develop the theory related with constitution in TCM.MethodsFrom May 2009 to June 2009,540 college students from two universities in Beijing were investigated by cross-sectional survey.Cluster sampling method was adopted and the constitution in Chinese Medicine Questionnaire(CCMQ) and Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Short Scale for Chinese (EPQ-RSC) was used.Results ①In extraversion-introversion dimension,Gentleness type had the highest score(56.52 ± 8.48) and Qi-depression type had the lowest score (45.88 ± 11.13 ).The scores of seven pathological constitutions (Qi-deficiency type,Yang-deficiency type,Phlegm-wetness type,Wet-heat type,Blood-stasis type,Qi-depression type and Special diathesis type) were significantly lower than the score of Gentleness type(P＜0.01 ).In neuroticism dimension,Qi-de-pression type had the highest score (59.31 ± 9.70) and Gentleness type had the lowest score (44.08 ± 8.55 ).There were significant differences (P ＜ 0.01 )between the score of Gentleness type and the scores of Qi-deficiency type,Yin-deficiency type,Wet-heat type,Blood-stasis type and Qi-depression type.In psychoticism dimension,there were no significant differences between the score of Gentleness type and the scores of eight pathological constitutions.② Gentleness type was used as control,multivariate logistic regression analysis of psychological characteristics of personality of the eight pathological constitutions showed that the extraversion-introversion dimension was the meaningful relation factor of Qi-deficiency type,Yang-deficiency type,Phlegm-wetness type,Wet-heat type,Blood-stasis type,Qi-depression type and Special diathesis type.The neuroticism dimension was the meaningful relation factor of Qi-deficiency type,Yin-deficiency type,Phlegm-wetness type,Wet-heat type,Blood-stasis type,Qidepression type and Special diathesis type.ConclusionPeople with nine different constitutional types in TCM have shown corresponding psychological characteristics of personality.This study illustrates that nine constitutions in TCM are related to psychological characteristics of personality.