Assessment of association between anthropometric indices and individuals’ Mizaj  

作　　者：Hamid Reza Sheikh Roshande Fateme Ghadimi Roksana Mirkazemi 

机构地区：[1]Research Institute of Nutritional Sciences and Traditional Medicine,Taamasrar Institute,Tehran 1461744366,Iran. [2]Farzanegan Nik Andish Institute for the Development of Knowledge and Technology,Tehran 1471743893,Iran.

出　　处：《TMR Integrative Medicine》2022年第28期1-6,共6页TMR整合医学

摘　　要：Objectives:The whole concept of diagnosis and treatment of diseases in Persian medicine is based on Mizaj;accurate identification of Mizaj is crucial in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases in this medicine.The objective of this study was to assess the association between anthropometric measures and individuals’Mizaj.Methods:The study design was cross-sectional.The data collection tool included the Innate Nature Assessment Tool and Body analyzer(inbody model 570)for measuring anthropometric indices.The anthropometric indices included height,body mass index,total body protein,minerals,fat mass,intracellular water,extracellular water,bone mineral,cell mass level and mid-arm circumference.Statistical package for social sciences version 19.0 for windows(IBM Corporation,New York,NY,United States)was used for analysis.Settings:The setting of the study was Tehran,Iran.The study was conducted among 240 young individuals without any history of chronic or acute and congenital diseases working in an IT company during the year 2014–2015 in Tehran,Iran.Results:39.2%(n=94)of participants had sanguine Mizaj and a similar proportion had phlegmatic Mizaj.5%(n=12)had melancholic Mizaj and 12.9%(n=31)had choleric Mizaj.The rest has a combined Mizaj of sanguine-choleric.There was a significant association between all the anthropometric indices(Height,body mass index,total body protein,total body minerals,bone minerals,extracellular water and intracellular water and body cell mass)(P=0.000 for all the indices),except mid-arm circumference measure(P=0.461).Conclusions:The study results showed that there was a significant association between almost all anthropometric measures and Mizaj of individuals,and the pattern of association was consistence with the literature of Persian medicine about characteristics of Mizaj of individuals.

关 键 词：ANTHROPOMETRIC indices Mizaj TEMPERAMENT ASSOCIATION 

分 类 号：R4[医药卫生—临床医学]