Yellow Tongue Coating is Associated With Diabetes Mellitus Among Japanese Non-smoking Men and Women: The Toon Health Study

Yellow Tongue Coating is Associated With Diabetes Mellitus Among Japanese Non-smoking Men and Women: The Toon Health Study

Background: Yellow tongue coating is one of the clinical signs for diabetes mellitus according to traditional East Asian medicine. Few reports have been available on the association between yellow tongue coating and the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in the general population. We examined that associ...

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Main Authors: Kiyohide Tomooka, Isao Saito, Shinya Furukawa, Koutatsu Maruyama, Eri Eguchi, Hiroyasu Iso, Takeshi Tanigawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Japan Epidemiological Association 2018-06-01
Series:Journal of Epidemiology
Subjects:
yellow tongue coating
diabetes mellitus
oral glucose tolerance test
traditional East Asian medicine
cross-sectional study
Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jea/28/6/28_JE20160169/_pdf

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