目的:探讨在校大学生舌象与中医体质类型的相关性。方法:采用标准化量表判定4817例大学生中医体质类型,记录身高、体质量、舌象特征等信息,SPSS16.0软件分析舌象、体质指数(BMI)与中医体质类型的相关性。结果:舌形胖、适中、瘦与BMI状态显著相关(P〈0.05),舌形裂纹和芒刺、苔质薄厚燥与中医体质类型分布比例显著相关(P〈0.05)。结论:舌象特征与大学生体形和中医体质类型相关,可以作为大学生日常健康自测的依据。
Objective: To discuss the relationship between tongue image and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) constitution of college students. Methods: TCM constitution was conducted by standard questionnaire in the population of 4 817 college students. The characteristics of height, body weight and tongue image were also collected. The association among the coating image, body mass index (BMI) and the TCM constitution was statistically analyzed by SPSS 16.0 software. Results: The tongue shapes of fat, moderate, thin were significantly correlated to the status of BMI (P〈0.05). The tongue shapes of cracks and prick, the tongue coating of thin, thick and dry were significantly related with the distribution of TCM constitution in college students (P〈0.05). Conclusion: The Characteristics of tongue image are associated with the types of TCM constitution. The tongue image could be as the basis of daily self-rated health test for the college students.