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Tomura T, Yoshimasu K, Sakaguchi S, et al. Influence of Biomedical Factors on the Five Viscera Score (FVS) on Middle-Aged and Elderly Individuals: Application of Structural Equation Modeling. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2015;2015:687015doi: 10.1155/2015/687015.
Tomura, T., Yoshimasu, K., Sakaguchi, S., Tsuno, K., Takemura, S., Miyai, N., & Miyashita, K. (2015). Influence of Biomedical Factors on the Five Viscera Score (FVS) on Middle-Aged and Elderly Individuals: Application of Structural Equation Modeling. Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2015687015. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/687015
Tomura, Taro, et al. "Influence of Biomedical Factors on the Five Viscera Score (FVS) on Middle-Aged and Elderly Individuals: Application of Structural Equation Modeling." Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM vol. 2015 (2015): 687015. doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/687015
Tomura T, Yoshimasu K, Sakaguchi S, Tsuno K, Takemura S, Miyai N, Miyashita K. Influence of Biomedical Factors on the Five Viscera Score (FVS) on Middle-Aged and Elderly Individuals: Application of Structural Equation Modeling. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2015;2015:687015. doi: 10.1155/2015/687015. Epub 2015 Oct 01. PMID: 26495022; PMCID: PMC4606208.
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Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2015;2015:687015. doi: 10.1155/2015/687015. Epub 2015 Oct 01.

Influence of Biomedical Factors on the Five Viscera Score (FVS) on Middle-Aged and Elderly Individuals: Application of Structural Equation Modeling.

Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM

Taro Tomura, Kouichi Yoshimasu, Shunji Sakaguchi, Kanami Tsuno, Shigeki Takemura, Nobuyuki Miyai, Kazuhisa Miyashita

Affiliations

  1. Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Sports Trainer Science, Kansai University of Health Sciences, 2-11-1 Wakaba, Kumatori, Sennan, Osaka 590-0482, Japan.
  2. Department of Hygiene, School of Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama 641-8509, Japan.
  3. School of Health and Nursing Science, Wakayama Medical University, 580 Mikazura, Wakayama 641-0011, Japan.

PMID: 26495022 PMCID: PMC4606208 DOI: 10.1155/2015/687015

Abstract

The five viscera score (FVS) is a diagnostic scale for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The purposes of current study are to elucidate the characteristics of FVS obtained from middle-aged to elderly individuals and to investigate the validity of FVS using biological medical data of middle-aged and elderly individuals. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to conduct assessments between FVS and medical data. Eighty men and 99 women participated in this study, whose mean ages (SD) were 58 ± 7 years in both genders showing no significant difference. FVS of women was significantly higher than that of men in the spleen of the 50s (P = 0.019) and liver of the 60s age group (P = 0.030). By SEM, the following biomedical factors were found to influence viscera: gender, diastolic blood pressure, and HDL-C for the liver; GLU, GOT, and γ-GTP for the spleen; age, BMI, and HCRP for the lungs; and HbA1c and creatinine clearance for the kidneys. These results provide objective evidence that FVS can be used for TCM diagnosis in middle-aged and elderly individuals.

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