Validation of the Constitution in Chinese Medicine Questionnaire: Does the Traditional Chinese Medicine Concept of Body Constitution Exist?
Table 8
SF-12v2 scores by body constitutions types of CCMQ.
Baseline
SF12V2 mean (sd)
PF
RP
BP
GH
VT
SF
RE
MH
PCS
MCS
(1) Gentleness
90.8 (20.7)
88.1 (21.2)
84.0 (24.8)
45.9 (21.4)
71.3 (23.4)
93.3 (15.5)
91.2 (16.4)
81.8 (16.2)
49.8 (8.2)
57.2 (8.2)
(2) Qi-deficiency
78.1 (27.4)
67.5 (27.8)
60.8 (28.6)
29.2 (19.4)
46.2 (24.9)
75.2 (26.5)
69.1 (25.8)
62.1 (20.1)
43.9 (10.5)
46.6 (10.6)
(3) Yang-deficiency
78.0 (28.0)
65.7 (29.0)
59.4 (29.1)
28.6 (19.6)
45.8 (26.0)
73.5 (26.8)
68.8 (26.0)
62.9 (21.1)
43.3 (10.5)
46.7 (10.7)
(4) Yin-deficiency
78.6 (27.1)
66.2 (27.8)
60.2 (28.9)
27.9 (19.4)
46.7 (25.9)
75.1 (26.5)
67.2 (25.8)
61.4 (19.8)
43.8 (10.4)
46.2 (10.6)
(5) Phlegm-wetness
76.5 (28.4)
65.4 (27.8)
58.9 (28.2)
27.9 (18.8)
45.4 (25.1)
74.0 (26.9)
67.7 (26.4)
61.8 (19.9)
43.0 (10.6)
46.5 (10.9)
(6) Wetness-heat
81.0 (26.6)
68.5 (27.9)
62.3 (28.3)
30.3 (19.5)
47.4 (25.3)
75.3 (26.6)
70.5 (25.9)
63.9 (19.0)
44.5 (10.2)
47.1 (10.6)
(7) Blood-stasis
77.9 (27.1)
66.2 (27.9)
59.6 (27.5)
27.5 (18.8)
45.5 (25.2)
74.5 (26.5)
67.8 (26.5)
61.2 (20.4)
43.5 (10.1)
46.2 (10.7)
(8) Qi-depression
78.1 (27.4)
67.7 (27.8)
63.1 (28.7)
29.6 (19.9)
48.5 (25.2)
75.1 (26.8)
69.4 (26.8)
62.7 (20.2)
44.1 (10.5)
46.9 (10.8)
(9) Special diathesis
77.7 (27.2)
64.9 (28.3)
58.9 (27.9)
26.7 (17.4)
43.9 (25.3)
71.9 (27.3)
64.6 (25.4)
57.4 (19.2)
43.8 (10.2)
44.3 (10.3)
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. Difference between mean SF-12v2 scores of gentleness and imbalanced physiological constitution groups are statistically significant by independent -test samples .
