title: Sasang constitutional types can act as a risk factor for insulin resistance.
abstract: The prevalence of insulin resistance (IR) was found to differ across different constitutional types defined by the Sasang constitutional medicine, a sub-division of the Korean traditional medicine, implying that the constitutional type of an individual is a trait that can act as an independent risk factor for IR.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Kyungju
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Jiwon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Junghee
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Euiju
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Byunghee
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Koh
authors.forename: Junhee
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D055670:Medicine, Korean Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D055815:Young Adult