The Association Between Body Constitution and Meridian Energy in Prediabetes

Prediabetes Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Association Between Body Constitution and Meridian Energy Among Individuals With Prediabetes

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05475587
• Other study ID #: 07-XD-082
• Status: Completed
• Start date: January 1, 2019
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: July 2022
• Source: Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) theories assert that body constitution and meridian energy are the foundations for disease prevention. However, few studies have incorporated TCM concepts into risk factors. This study aimed to examine the association between body constitution and meridian energy in individuals with prediabetes. We conducted a matched case-control study that included 60 individuals with prediabetes. Finally, the reseachers have found that body constitution may be a risk factor fpr progression to type 2 diabetes mellitus in individuals with prediabetes.

Description:

Objective: Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) theories assert that body constitution and meridian energy are the foundations for disease prevention. However, few studies have incorporated TCM concepts into risk factors. This study aimed to examine the association between body constitution and meridian energy in patients with prediabetes.

Methods: The researchers conducted a matched case-control study from January to December 2019 that included 30 adults with prediabetes and 30 healthy controls, matched for age and sex, recruited from the outpatient clinic and health examination center at a teaching hospital in northern Taiwan. Body constitution was measured using the Body Constitution Questionnaire, which classifies the constitution as yang-deficiency, ying-deficiency, and phlegm-stasis, while meridian energy was measured using an Aetoscan meridian energy device (Aeto Technology Co. Ltd., Taiwan). The associations between body constitution, meridian energy, and prediabetes were examined using binary logistic regression analyses.

Conclusion: Body constitution may be a risk factor for progression to type 2 diabetes mellitus in patients with prediabetes and warrants further study.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years to 70 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Previously diagnosed prediabetes with a hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) of 5.7-6.4% and a f asting plasma glucose (FPG) of 100-125 mg/dL

• Aged =20

• provided informed consent

• The controls were healthy individuals whose FPG level was 100 mg/dL in at least two blood tests in the past 6 months.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Use of a hypoglycemic agent within the past 3 months

• Self-reported catastrophic illness in the last 6 months

• Pregnant and/or lactating

• Presence of pacemaker.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Glucose Intolerance
• Prediabetes
• Prediabetic State

Intervention

Other:
• Routine care
Both two groups received the same routine care.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Taiwan	Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital	New Taipei City

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Body constitution of body constitution questionnaire (BCQ)	The scale range from 44 to 220, with higher scores indicating larger deficiencies.	One year