The Pattern Element Scale: A Brief Tool of Traditional Medical Subtyping for Dementia

Table 5

Cross loadings for set-2.

Original variable	1	2	3	4	5	6
Phlegm muddiness	0.127	0.229	−0.099	0.022	0.043	0.002
Blood stasis	−0.17*	−0.11	−0.051	−0.054	0.096	0.002
Yin deficiency	−0.089	−0.07	−0.066	−0.02	−0.058	−0.022
Qi deficiency	−0.377*	0.015	0.041	0.051	−0.01	−0.001
Marrow deficiency	−0.016	−0.12	−0.126	−0.062	−0.074	0.003
Endogenous heat	−0.053	0.04	0.08	−0.114	−0.034	−0.014
Yang hyperactivity	0.129	−0.141	0.043	−0.017	−0.017	−0.021
Kidney deficiency	−0.053	−0.024	−0.01	−0.055	0.004	0.003
Spleen deficiency	−0.061	−0.03	−0.016	−0.006	−0.003	0.002
Blood deficiency	0.13	−0.13	0.040	−0.016	−0.015	−0.022
Yang deficiency	0.125	0.250	−0.011	0.020	0.041	0.003

*Means P ≤ 0.05.