Effects of Sitting and Supine Positions on Tongue Color as Measured by Tongue Image Analyzing System and Its Relation to Biometric Information

Table 1

Patients’ characteristics (n = 18).

No.	Age (year)	Sex (M/F)	BMI (kg/m^2)	Smoking (yes/no)	CVD drug (yes/no)	SBP (mmHg)	DBP (mmHg)	TG (mg/dL)	HDL-C (mg/dL)	LDL-C (mg/dL)	HbA1c (%)	FPG (mg/dL)
1	84	F	27.8		Yes	120	40	179	60	123	6.3	152
2	77	F	29.3			138	68	117	71	129	7.0	103
3	71	M	22.2	Yes		129	73	49	49	134	6.1	132
4	83	M	21.4	Yes	Yes	176	86	68	60	88	7.2	168
5	77	F	26.2		Yes	122	80	201	64	132	6.2	128
6	40	F	29.9	Yes		129	80	154	48	183	6.8	121
7	73	M	24.2	Yes		133	76	185	43	111	7.7	140
8	85	M	21.4			160	80	74	80	128	5.6	98
9	82	M	24.3	Yes		136	89	66	60	114	5.4	102
10	75	F	25.5		Yes	120	65	117	40	141	6.3	132
11	57	F	21.3		Yes	99	63	43	69	120	4.9	92
12	76	M	19.5	Yes		128	72	115	64	134	7.1	160
13	80	F	25.4		Yes	145	80	190	46	111	5.7	91
14	65	F	25.4		Yes	137	82	58	63	112	6.4	115
15	64	F	26.1			148	80	96	54	182	5.8	100
16	56	F	21.4			126	78	276	53	229	5.7	99
17	69	M	22.3	Yes		114	68	97	101	100	5.5	96
18	44	F	16.5	Yes		88	51	144	53	113	5.5	88

BMI: body mass index; CVD: cardiovascular disease; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; TG: triglyceride; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; FPG: fasting plasma glucose. Items exceeding diagnostic reference value.