TY - JOUR JF - babol-caspjim JO - Caspian J Intern Med VL - 14 IS - 2 PY - 2023 Y1 - 2023/3/01 TI - Relationship between anthropometric indices and Mizaj (temperament) in Persian medicine TT - N2 - Background: The process of diagnosis and treatment in Persian medicine (PM) are based on the concept of Mizaj (temperament). Among the indices of Mizaj determination, anthropometric indices are less influenceable regarding age change and other environmental factors. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between anthropometric indices and Mizaj. Methods: Four PM experts determined the Mizaj of 121 participants. Those who had ≥70% agreement in their Mizaj determination by the experts were selected and their anthropometric indices were measured. The best cutoff point of each index and its relationship with the defined Mizaj were extracted using Receiver Operative Characteristic Curve and Binary Logistic Regression. Results: 52 out of 121 participants entered the main study. The warm-Mizaj people had larger dimensions in height, shoulder, chest, palm and sole width, and head height. Cold-Mizaj people had smaller dimensions in weight, height, shoulder, chest and head. High levels of BMI, chest depth and head dimensions had the highest correlation with the wet Mizaj and lower dimensions of these indices had the highest correlation with the dry Mizaj. Conclusion: Among the anthropometric indices, chest, palm, sole dimensions, head height and weight had the highest correlation with warmness/coldness and BMI, head width and chest dimensions had the highest correlation with wetness/dryness. The BMI which is more closely related to the soft tissue, only correlates with the wetness/dryness, while, bone dimensions are associated with warmness/coldness. Further studies are needed to metricize the anthropometric indices for Mizaj determination. SP - 205 EP - 212 AU - Tansaz, Mojgan AU - Akhtari, Marjan AU - Naseri, Mohsen AU - Majdzadeh, Reza AU - Saberi Isfeedvajani, Mohsen AU - Shams-Ardakani, Mohammad Reza AU - Nejatbakhsh, Fatemeh AU - Ebadi, Abbas AU - Mojahedi, Morteza AD - Traditional Medicine and History of Medical Sciences Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran KW - Anthropometric indices KW - Mizaj KW - Persian Medicine KW - Personalized medicine KW - Temperament UR - http://caspjim.com/article-1-2537-en.html DO - 10.22088/cjim.14.2.205 ER -