Relationship between Tongue Temperature Estimated by Infrared Thermography, Tongue Color, and Cold-Heat Pathological Patterns: A Retrospective Chart Review Study

Table 6

Pearson’s correlation between tongue temperature and the scores of the cold-heat pattern questionnaire factors at the , , and regions.

Group		Cold pattern		Heat pattern
		Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 3
Body temperature	r	-0.049	0.037	0.004	-0.081	0.004
	P-value	0.575	0.669	0.962	0.354	0.961
	r	-0.013	-0.197	-0.160	-0.180	0.009
	P-value	0.879	0.023	0.065	0.037	0.916
	r	-0.071	-0.195	-0.161	-0.203	0.070
	P-value	0.413	0.024	0.062	0.019	0.423
	r	-0.057	-0.195	-0.142	-0.171	0.051
	P-value	0.515	0.024	0.103	0.048	0.556

Note: : R₃; R_B: R₀, R₁, R₂, and R₄; : R₅ and R₆; R₀: tongue center; R₁: right side of the tongue center; R₂: left side of the tongue center; R₃: tip of the tongue; R₄: center of the tongue root; R₅: right side of the tongue root; and R₆: left side of the tongue root. Bold numbers indicate significant correlations.