Correlational Research between Tongue Characteristics and Health Examination Results in 844 Cases of Gentleness Constitution
844例平和质体检者的舌象与体检数据的相关性分析

This study was aimed to discuss the possibility of applying tongue diagnosis for reducing false positive rate of gentleness constitution. A total of 844 cases (398 male cases, 446 female cases) of gentleness constitution health inspection people had been evaluated by the health examination according to the standard methods. And the tongue diagosis of each case was determined by Chinese medicine practitioners. Using the chi-square test for the comparison of the health examination results with the frequency and occurrence rate of different tongue characteristics. The results showed that in the health examination of all cases, only 114 cases showed normal results, whereas the incidence of the abnormal BMI, liver ultrasound, TG, CHO, LDL-C and EKG of the rest were all above 20%. The most seen abnormal tongue colour of all cases were dark red tongue and red / crimson tongue, whereas the most seen abnormal tongue fur were greasy fur and thick fur. Cases with abnormal liver function results were presented in cases with more thick and greasy tongue fur. Dark red and greasy fur tongue cases had more abnormal BMI, liver ultrasound, ALT, URIC, TG and HDL-C results shown (The P value was 0.004, 0.041 0.03, < 0.01, < 0.01, and 0.001). Cases with abnormal liver function results had more thick and greasy tongue coating shown. It was concluded that the tongue characteristics and health examination results showed corresponding relation. Adding tradtional Chinese medicine tongue diagnosis as an aspect may reduce the false positive rate of gentleness constitution.