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The tongue features associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a public problem closely associated with numerous oral complications, such as coated tongue, xerostomia, salivary dysfunction, etc. Tongue diagnosis plays an important role in clinical prognosis and treatment of diabetes in the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). This study...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6531228/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31083226 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000015567 |
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author | Hsu, Po-Chi Wu, Han-Kuei Huang, Yu-Chuen Chang, Hen-Hong Lee, Tsung-Chieh Chen, Yi-Ping Chiang, John Y. Lo, Lun-Chien |
author_facet | Hsu, Po-Chi Wu, Han-Kuei Huang, Yu-Chuen Chang, Hen-Hong Lee, Tsung-Chieh Chen, Yi-Ping Chiang, John Y. Lo, Lun-Chien |
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description | Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a public problem closely associated with numerous oral complications, such as coated tongue, xerostomia, salivary dysfunction, etc. Tongue diagnosis plays an important role in clinical prognosis and treatment of diabetes in the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). This study investigated discriminating tongue features to distinguish between type 2 DM and non-DM individuals through non-invasive TCM tongue diagnosis. The tongue features for 199 patients with type 2 DM, and 372 non-DM individuals, serving as control, are extracted by the automatic tongue diagnosis system (ATDS). A total of 9 tongue features, namely, tongue shape, tongue color, fur thickness, fur color, saliva, tongue fissure, ecchymosis, teeth mark, and red dot. The demography, laboratory, physical examination, and tongue manifestation data between 2 groups were compared. Patients with type 2 DM possessed significantly larger covering area of yellow fur (58.5% vs 22.5%, P < .001), thick fur (50.8% vs 29.2%, P < .001), and bluish tongue (P < .001) than those of the control group. Also, a significantly higher portion (72.7% vs 55.2%, P < .05) of patients with long-term diabetics having yellow fur color than the short-term counterparts was observed. The high prevalence of thick fur, yellow fur color, and bluish tongue in patient with type 2 DM revealed that TCM tongue diagnosis can serve as a preliminary screening procedure in the early detection of type 2 DM in light of its simple and non-invasive nature, followed by other more accurate testing process. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first attempt in applying non-invasive TCM tongue diagnosis to the discrimination of type 2 DM patients and non-DM individuals. |
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spelling | pubmed-65312282019-06-25 The tongue features associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus Hsu, Po-Chi Wu, Han-Kuei Huang, Yu-Chuen Chang, Hen-Hong Lee, Tsung-Chieh Chen, Yi-Ping Chiang, John Y. Lo, Lun-Chien Medicine (Baltimore) Research Article Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a public problem closely associated with numerous oral complications, such as coated tongue, xerostomia, salivary dysfunction, etc. Tongue diagnosis plays an important role in clinical prognosis and treatment of diabetes in the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). This study investigated discriminating tongue features to distinguish between type 2 DM and non-DM individuals through non-invasive TCM tongue diagnosis. The tongue features for 199 patients with type 2 DM, and 372 non-DM individuals, serving as control, are extracted by the automatic tongue diagnosis system (ATDS). A total of 9 tongue features, namely, tongue shape, tongue color, fur thickness, fur color, saliva, tongue fissure, ecchymosis, teeth mark, and red dot. The demography, laboratory, physical examination, and tongue manifestation data between 2 groups were compared. Patients with type 2 DM possessed significantly larger covering area of yellow fur (58.5% vs 22.5%, P < .001), thick fur (50.8% vs 29.2%, P < .001), and bluish tongue (P < .001) than those of the control group. Also, a significantly higher portion (72.7% vs 55.2%, P < .05) of patients with long-term diabetics having yellow fur color than the short-term counterparts was observed. The high prevalence of thick fur, yellow fur color, and bluish tongue in patient with type 2 DM revealed that TCM tongue diagnosis can serve as a preliminary screening procedure in the early detection of type 2 DM in light of its simple and non-invasive nature, followed by other more accurate testing process. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first attempt in applying non-invasive TCM tongue diagnosis to the discrimination of type 2 DM patients and non-DM individuals. Wolters Kluwer Health 2019-05-13 /pmc/articles/PMC6531228/ /pubmed/31083226 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000015567 Text en Copyright © 2019 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 |
spellingShingle | Research Article Hsu, Po-Chi Wu, Han-Kuei Huang, Yu-Chuen Chang, Hen-Hong Lee, Tsung-Chieh Chen, Yi-Ping Chiang, John Y. Lo, Lun-Chien The tongue features associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus |
title | The tongue features associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus |
title_full | The tongue features associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus |
title_fullStr | The tongue features associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus |
title_full_unstemmed | The tongue features associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus |
title_short | The tongue features associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus |
title_sort | tongue features associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6531228/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31083226 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000015567 |
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