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

Table 7

Correlations between the domain scores of the CCMQ and SF-12v2.

(𝑛=1080)	Domains of SF-12
	PF	RP	BP	GH	VT	SF	RE	MH	PCS	MCS
(1) Gentleness	0.296	0.464	0.442	0.471	0.606	0.442	0.512	0.508	0.368	0.565
(2) Qi-deficiency	−0.317	−0.463	−0.420	−0.394	−0.509	−0.417	−0.483	−0.452	−0.362	−0.499
(3) Yang-deficiency	−0.215	−0.350	−0.338	−0.294	−0.367	−0.326	−0.348	−0.304	−0.294	−0.351
(4) Yin-deficiency	−0.189	−0.354	−0.309	−0.301	−0.343	−0.300	−0.402	−0.383	−0.242	−0.410
(5) Phlegm-wetness	−0.240	−0.395	−0.374	−0.346	−0.377	−0.349	−0.397	−0.393	−0.309	−0.403
(6) Wetness-heat	−0.112	−0.283	−0.272	−0.208	−0.281	−0.287	−0.318	−0.297	−0.179	−0.342
(7) Blood-stasis	−0.260	−0.392	−0.395	−0.368	−0.399	−0.337	−0.397	−0.382	−0.342	−0.397
(8) Qi-depression	−0.228	−0.394	−0.359	−0.380	−0.451	−0.426	−0.532	−0.601	−0.233	−0.612
(9) Special diathesis	−0.152	−0.275	−0.248	−0.187	−0.249	−0.261	−0.273	−0.282	−0.193	−0.292

PF: physical functioning; RP: role limitation due to physical problems; BP: bodily pain; GH: general health; VT: vitality; SF: social functioning; RE: role limitation due to emotional problems; MH: mental health; PCS: physical component score; MCS: mental component score.
All spearman correlations are significant, 𝑃<0.01.