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

Table 3

Correlation between ΔE₀₀ and patient findings (n = 18).

Items	r		value
Age (year)	−0.28		0.26
Sex (M/F)		<0.1	0.95
BMI (kg/m^2)	−0.02		0.95
Smoking (yes/no)		<0.1	0.56
CVD drug (yes/no)	0.04		0.43
SBP (mmHg)	−0.49		0.04
DBP (mmHg)	−0.35		0.16
TG (mg/dL)	−0.19		0.44
HDL-C (mg/dL)	−0.08		0.74
LDL-C (mg/dL)	−0.18		0.47
HbA1c (%)	−0.49		0.04
FPG (mg/dL)	−0.55		0.02

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; r: correlation coefficient; : correlation ratio.