健康人群中医体质分类客观指标研究概况

Research advance on objective classification indicators of traditional Chinese medicine constitution of health population

本文主要围绕当前体质分类的最常用四大类客观指标（基因通道、症状表征、影像检查、生物指标）根据文献进行归纳，分析各类客观指标的优势与局限，并提出人体唾液皮质醇、分泌型免疫球蛋白A两项生物指标有望成为体质中医分类的重要指标，为体质辨识、体质干预提供量化标准。

This article mainly elaborated around the four common categories of objective classification indicators, including constitution-gene and pathway, symptoms and signs, imaging examinations and biological indicators. We summarized advantages and limitations in all the objective classification categories, and put forward that both human secretory immunoglobulins A and salivary cortisol have the potential to be important classification indicators in constitution of traditional Chinese medicine, which might bring objective and quantitative criterion for constitution recognition and constitutional interventions in the future.