Characteristics of Observational Study
| No. | Author (yr) | Characteristics of study | Characteristics of participants (n) | Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lee JW 31) (2010) | Cross-sectional study | Child; Age 7-12 (205) |
Somatotype drawings, BW, BMI, obesity index, WHR, PBF, BFM, SMM, FFM, PM, MM, body water |
| 2 | Park JH 32) (2010) | Cross-sectional study | University student (66) |
2D:4D ratio, BMI, WC, WHR, BW, BFP |
| 3 | Cho YJ 33) (2010) | Cross-sectional study | Obese elementary school student; BMI percentile≥95 (49) | SEI, RCMAS, IPAQ, KEAT-26, CDI, behavioral characteristics |
| 4 | Kim EJ 34) (2011) | Cross-sectional study | Overweight female; BMI≥23 kg/m2 (110) | VFA, BDI, SRRS, SRI, BW, BMI, WC, WHR |
| 5 | Park KS 35) (2011) | Cross-sectional study | Female; Age 20-49 (46) |
Age, BW, SLM, FM, BMI, PBF, WHR, diagnostic pattern questionnaire score |
| 6 | Cho YJ 36) (2011) | Cross-sectional study | Overweight female; BMI≥23 kg/m2 (56) |
Oriental obesity pattern, BW, BMI, WC, WHR, LM, FM, BF, SES, BDI, SRI, KEAT-26, IPAQ |
| 7 | Lim JY 37) (2011) | Cross-sectional study | University student (1,304) |
Age, gender, BW, BMI, PBF, SLM, SLM development level, BMR, WC, WHR, TC, TG, LDL, HDL, Glucose, BP, Hb, MCV, RBCC |
| 8 | Park KS 38) (2012) | Cross-sectional study | Female (244) |
BW, BMI, SLM, FM, PBF, WHR, SF-36 |
| 9 | Kim CY 39) (2012) | Cross-sectional study | Child; age 6-17 (577) |
Age, gender, 2nd sexual character, BMI, BFR, RH, MPH, obesity index, CA, BA, CA-BA, RH-MPH (%), skeletal maturity |
| 10 | Lee SY 40) (2012) | Cross-sectional study | Patients visited for weight reduction; - (458) | Gender, BMI, TP, VLF, LF, HF, stress score, frequency of drinking alcohol, smoking, drinking coffee |
| 11 | Kown DH 41) (2012) | Cross-sectional study | Patients, visited Korean-Uzbekistan friendship hospital of Korean Medicine (165) |
Gender, race, age, height, BW, BMI, household incomes, education level, understanding score of association between obesity and disease, self perceived weight, experience of weight reduction |
| 12 | Shin SW 42) (2013) | Cross-sectional study | Korean (9,213); Soyangin (2,974), Taeeumin (4,281), Soeumin (1,958) |
Age, gender, BMI, WC, BP, TC, TG, HDL, LDL, FBS, HbA1C, ordinary symptoms |
| 13 | Lee JC 43) (2013) | Cross-sectional study | Patient in Korean medicine hospitals or clinic (1,589) |
Gender, age, BMI, education, Korean medicine's pathological sympoms, SF-12 |
| 14 | Shin WS 44) (2013) | Cross-sectional study | Older or elderly person; Age≥60 (130) |
Age, gender, BMI, BUN, creatine, uric-acid, total protein, albumin, billirubin total, ALP, AST, ALT, γ-GTP, TC, TG, FBS, HDL, WBC, RBC, Hb, MCV, MCH, MCHC, platelet, hematocrit, LYM, MXD, NEUT, homocysteine |
| 15 | Lee JW 45) (2014) | Cross-sectional study | Male, Taeumin, Age 20-48 (80) |
Age, BMI, WC, HC, PR, BP, FBS, TC, TG, HDL, BULIT-R, KEAT-26, DEBQ, GSRS, subjective appetite rating, gut hormone |
| 16 | Lee JW 46) (2014) | Cross-sectional study | Adults; Age 21-80 (15,250) |
Age, gender, BMI, WC, TC, TG, HDL, LDL |
| 17 | Song MY 47) (2014) | Cross-sectional study | Overweight female; BMI≥23 kg/m2 (68) |
Age, BMI, WC, BFP, obesity pattern |
| 18 | Kang EY 48) (2017) | Cross-sectional study | Obese patient; BMI≥25 kg/m2, treated by Gamitaeeumjowee-tang over 1 week (139) |
Age, gender, BMI, PHQ-9, HRV, primary loss, secondary loss, tertiary loss, tertiary loss rate, sleep quality, alcohol ingestion habit, drug history of weight loss |
| 19 | Han JY 49) (2019) | Case-control study | Obese patient; treated by Gamitaeeumjowee-tang during 3-6 months (178) |
Age, initial weight, initial muscle mass, initial fat mass, initial BMI, period, medication compliance, weight loss, weight loss rate, original Harris-Benedict equation, revised Harris-Benedict equation, Mifflin St Jeor equation, Katch-McArdle formula |
| 20 | Seong EH 50) (2019) | Case-control study | Stroke patient (10) |
Age, gender, impression, X-ray finding (atelectasis, pneumonia, tuberculosis, bronchiolitis, non-specific), smoking history, past history, current medication, airway microbiota |
| 21 | Yoo JE 51) (2014) | Cross-sectional study |
Secondary data - 2012 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (5,467) |
Gender, age, income, education, self perception, hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, stress, alcohol, smoke, physical activity, frequency of weight control practices |
| 22 | Ye SA 52) (2017) | Cross-sectional study |
Secondary data - KDC (approximately 3,800) | Age, gender, weight, height, BMI, WHR, WHtR, BP, glucose, HDL, TG, ROC curves (WHtR, BMI, WHR), AUROC (WHtR, BMI, WHR), number of subject with metabolic syndrome, constitution |
BW: body weight, BMI: body mass index, WHR: waist-hip ratio, PBF: percent body fat, BFM: body fat mass, SMM: skeletal muscle mass, FFM: fat free mass, PM: protein mass, MM: mineral mass, WC: waist circumference, BFP: body fat percent, SEI: self-esteem inventory, RCMAS: revised Children's manifest anxiety scale, IPAQ: international physical activity questionnaires, KEAT-26: Korean eating attitudes test-26, CDI: children's depression inventory, VFA: visceral fat area, BDI: beck depression inventory, SRRS: social readjustment rating scale, SRI: stress response inventory, SLM: soft lean mass, FM: fat mass, LM: lean mass, BF: body fat, SES: self-esteem scale, BMR: basal metabolic rate, TC: total cholesterol, TG: triglyceride, LDL: low density lipoprotein-cholesterol, HDL: high density lipoprotein-cholesterol, BP: blood pressure, Hb: hemoglobin, MCV: mean corpuscular volume, RBCC: red blood cell count, SF-36: MOS short-form 36-item health survey, BFR: body fat ratio, RH: recent height, MPH: mild-parental height, CA: chronological age, BA: bone age, TP: total power, VLF: very low frequency, LF: low frequency, HF: high frequency, FBS: fasting blood sugar, HbA1c: hemoglobin A1c, BUN: blood urea nitrogen, ALP: alkaline phosphatase, AST: aspartate aminotransferase, ALT: alanine aminotransferase, γ-GTP: γ-glutamyltranspeptidase, WBC: white blood cell, RBC: red blood cell, MCH: mean corpuscular hemoglobin, MCHC: mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, LYM: lymphocyte, MXD: mixed cell number, NEUT: neutrophil, PR: pulse rate, BULIT-R: bulimia test-R, DEBQ: dutch eating behavior questionnaire, GSRS: gastrointestinal symptom rating scale, PHQ-9: patient health questionnaire-9, HRV: hear rate variability, KDC: Korean medicine data center, WHtR: waist-to-height ratio. ROC: receiver operation characteristic, AUROC: area under the receiver operation characteristic curve, BA: bone age.
