Validation of the Constitution in Chinese Medicine Questionnaire: Does the Traditional Chinese Medicine Concept of Body Constitution Exist?
Table 12
CCMQ and SF-12v2 scores by gender and age groups.
Gender
Age group
Male
Female
18–40
41–64
>65
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
CCMQ
(1) Gentleness*†
66.9
15.6
59.0
16.7
58.5
16.4
61.6
16.8
68.8
14.9
(2) Qi-deficiency*†
29.3
15.9
35.5
17.8
37.7
17.1
33.6
17.2
22.5
14.9
(3) Yang-deficiency*†
18.1
16.7
30.9
22.2
31.5
21.3
26.1
21.4
17.7
18.5
(4) Yin-deficiency*†
21.8
15.9
28.7
16.5
31.5
16.3
26.2
16.4
15.6
12.7
(5) Phlegm-wetness*†
23.2
16.4
28.3
17.6
29.6
17.2
27.5
17.5
16.7
14.2
(6) Wetness-heat†
26.4
16.3
26.3
17.3
33.4
17.1
24.3
15.7
15.5
13.9
(7) Blood-stasis*†
20.0
13.6
31.1
16.1
31.0
16.3
28.0
16.3
18.4
11.5
(8) Qi-depression*†
20.6
17.1
29.6
18.9
31.6
18.2
26.5
18.9
15.2
14.9
(9) Special diathesis*†
21.8
16.0
25.6
17.4
29.1
17.6
23.7
16.4
15.6
14.3
SF-12v2
(1) Physical component score*†
48.6
8.5
45.2
10.3
47.6
9.0
45.8
9.9
44.1
11.8
(2) Mental component score
51.4
9.9
49.9
10.8
47.6
10.0
50.9
10.4
55.7
10.1
Significant difference between the patients with gender by Mann-Whitney test . †Significant difference between the patients with age by Kruskal-Wallis test .