Risk Factors for Excessive Sensitivity to Cold and Physical Characteristics:A Prospective Cohort Study
10.3937/kampomed.62.609
- VernacularTitle:冷え症の危険因子となる身体症状
- Author:
Yoichi FURUYA
;
Tetsuo WATANABE
;
Yutaka NAGATA
;
Ryosuke OBI
;
Hiroaki HIKIAMI
;
Yutaka SHIMADA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
excessive sensitivity to cold;
stature;
edema;
prospective cohort study
- From:Kampo Medicine
2011;62(5):609-614
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE : To determine risk factors for excessive sensitivity to cold (ESC) in relation to physical features.DESIGN : A prospective cohort study carried out between July 7 and November 14,2008.PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS : Seventy female junior college students with no ESC at baseline, and a median age of 20 years, participated. We used a numerical rating scale (NRS) to classify each ESC sensation over the five days in this July-November period.To confirm physical symptoms, we used Terasawa's diagnostic scores for ki, ketsu, and sui. We defined ESC as mean NRSgeq ≥ 5.RESULTS : We documented 17 participants with ESC in November. The multivariate adjusted odds ratio for ESC was11.6 (95% CI 1.9 to 97.5) for the physical characteristic “edema”. Participants with ESC were shorter in stature than participants without ESC (-5.9cm ; 95% CI -8.6 to -3.1).CONCLUSION : Participants with edema and short stature have a high risk for ESC.
