Gender- and age-dependent tongue features in a community-based population.

摘要: This study, an important groundwork for clinical tongue diagnosis and future traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) research, tested the hypothesis that some features vary significantly between different gender age groups by utilizing automatic system (ATDS).A cross-sectional study of 1487 participants from a community-based population was performed. Study subjects with ages ranging 20 to 92 were categorized into 3 groups: <40, 40 64, ≥65 years old, also stratified according gender. Tongue images collected at end each normal health examination routine further derive relevant every participant using ATDS developed our team. There total nine identified: shape, color, fur thickness, saliva, fissure, ecchymosis, teeth mark, red dot. The corresponding features, demography, physical/laboratory data compared groups.Our showed that, females, males had enlarged thicker fur, more fissures fewer marks (all P < .001), color (P = .019), saliva dots .005) yellower .014). In increasing associated ecchymoses .009), .023). These associations fissures, marks, median shape .029), wet .014) evident in males, but other relationships not clearly evident.Even though most common derived are consistent TCM theory, yet gender- age-dependent characteristics identified. disparities or shall be prudently taken consideration research.