Validation of the Constitution in Chinese Medicine Questionnaire: Does the Traditional Chinese Medicine Concept of Body Constitution Exist?

Table 11

Chinese medicine practitioners diagnosis against CCMQ classification of body constitutions.

		CMP		Sensitivity	Specificity
		Yes	No
CCMQ
(1) Gentleness	Yes (𝑛=204)	34	170	54.8	82.7
	No (𝑛=841)	28	813
(2) Qi-deficiency	Yes (𝑛=593)	69	524	51.9	42.7
	No (𝑛=455)	64	391
(3) Yang-deficiency	Yes (𝑛=412)	65	347	48.5	61.9
	No (𝑛=633)	69	564
(4) Yin-deficiency	Yes (𝑛=429)	101	328	44.5	60.0
	No (𝑛=617)	126	491
(5) Phlegm-wetness	Yes (𝑛=432)	82	350	43.4	59.2
	No (𝑛=614)	107	507
(6) Wetness-heat	Yes (𝑛=407)	45	362	42.9	61.6
	No (𝑛=641)	60	581
(7) Blood-stasis	Yes (𝑛=421)	49	372	44.1	60.2
	No (𝑛=625)	62	563
(8) Qi-depression	Yes (𝑛=440)	40	400	61.5	59.2
	No (𝑛=605)	25	580
(9) Special diathesis	Yes (𝑛=360)	15	345	75.0	66.4
	No (𝑛=686)	5	681