Research Article
Validation of the Constitution in Chinese Medicine Questionnaire: Does the Traditional Chinese Medicine Concept of Body Constitution Exist?
Table 4
The distribution of body constitution classified by CCMQ.
| | | Frequency (/%) | | Baseline | 2 weeks | 3–6 months |
| | Body constitution classification by CCMQ* | | | | | (1) Gentleness | 215 (20.0%) | 112 (50.5%) | 143 (36.7%) | | (2) Qi-deficiency | 607 (56.2%) | 63 (28.1%) | 111 (28.2%) | | (3) Yang-deficiency | 420 (39.0%) | 40 (18.1%) | 114 (29.2%) | | (4) Yin-deficiency | 439 (40.7%) | 31 (14.0%) | 94 (24.1%) | | (5) Phlegm-wetness | 444 (41.2%) | 40 (18.0%) | 79 (20.3%) | | (6) Wetness-heat | 411 (38.1%) | 35 (15.9%) | 82 (21.0%) | | (7) Blood-stasis | 432 (40.1%) | 44 (19.9%) | 103 (26.4%) | | (8) Qi-depression | 451 (41.9%) | 37 (16.7%) | 82 (20.9%) | | (9) Special diathesis | 371 (34.4%) | 36 (16.2%) | 64 (16.4%) | | (10) No body constitution | 15 (1.4%) | 2 (0.9%) | 8 (2.1%) | | Number of body constitution by CCMQ | | | | | 0 | 15 (1.4%) | 2 (0.9%) | 8 (2.0%) | | 1 | 364 (33.7%) | 132 (58.2%) | 217 (53.7%) | | 2 | 120 (11.1%) | 35 (14.7%) | 46 (11.4%) | | 3 | 103 (9.5%) | 17 (7.6%) | 40 (9.9%) | | 4 | 98 (9.1%) | 10 (4.4%) | 21 (5.2%) | | 5 | 91 (8.4%) | 6 (2.7%) | 24 (5.9%) | | 6 | 90 (8.3%) | 8 (3.6%) | 11 (2.7%) | | 7 | 102 (9.4%) | 5 (2.2%) | 11 (2.7%) | | 8 | 97 (9.0%) | 4 (1.8%) | 12 (3.0%) |
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Multiple body constitutions in CCMQ were allowed giving percentage >100%.
“No body constitution” means that all body constitutions are “NO.”
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