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  • Pulmonary Medicine
  • Physiology
  • Personalized Medicine

Background:

  • Sasang typology categorizes individuals into four constitutional types: Tae-Eum (TE), So-Yang (SY), So-Eum (SE), and Tae-So (TS).
  • Understanding constitutional differences in physiological parameters like pulmonary function is crucial for personalized health approaches.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate and compare pulmonary function metrics across different Sasang constitutional types in young adults.
  • To identify specific lung function characteristics associated with each Sasang type.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the Sasang Constitutional Analysis Tool (SCAT) for type classification.
  • Conducted pulmonary function tests (PFTs) and cardiopulmonary exercise tests on 417 participants.
  • Data collected between 2009 and 2015.

Main Results:

  • Tae-Eum (TE) type individuals exhibited significantly higher inspiratory capacity (IC) and inspiratory reserve volume (IRV) compared to So-Yang (SY) and So-Eum (SE) types (P < 0.0001).
  • TE and SY types demonstrated higher forced vital capacity (FVC) and forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) than the SE type (P < 0.0001).
  • TE type males showed increased IRV and decreased expiratory reserve volume (ERV) even after covariate adjustment.

Conclusions:

  • Young adults of the Tae-Eum (TE) type exhibit notably weaker overall lung function compared to other Sasang types.
  • These findings suggest inherent physiological pulmonary features distinguishing the TE constitutional type.