Research Article

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.

GenderAge group
Male Female 18–40 41–64 >65
MeanSDMeanSDMeanSDMeanSDMeanSD

CCMQ

(1) Gentleness*†66.915.659.016.758.516.461.616.868.814.9
(2) Qi-deficiency*†29.315.935.517.837.717.133.617.222.514.9
(3) Yang-deficiency*†18.116.730.922.231.521.326.121.417.718.5
(4) Yin-deficiency*†21.815.928.716.531.516.326.216.415.612.7
(5) Phlegm-wetness*†23.216.428.317.629.617.227.517.516.714.2
(6) Wetness-heat26.416.326.317.333.417.124.315.715.513.9
(7) Blood-stasis*†20.013.631.116.131.016.328.016.318.411.5
(8) Qi-depression*†20.617.129.618.931.618.226.518.915.214.9
(9) Special diathesis*†21.816.025.617.429.117.623.716.415.614.3
SF-12v2
(1) Physical component score*†48.68.545.210.347.69.045.89.944.111.8
(2) Mental component score51.49.949.910.847.610.050.910.455.710.1

Significant difference between the patients with gender by Mann-Whitney test .
Significant difference between the patients with age by Kruskal-Wallis test .