Development of a Diagnostic Questionnaire for Damp Phlegm Pattern and Blood Stasis Pattern in Coronary Heart Disease Patients (CHD-DPBSPQ)

Table 7

Correlation coefficients between each item and different domains.

	Phlegm domain	Blood stasis domain
Phlegm
Chest distress	0.571	0.435
Sleepiness	0.423	0.244
Physical heaviness	0.687	0.509
Obesity	0.569	0.411
Sticky mouth	0.695	0.569
Abdominal fullness	0.625	0.423
Anorexia	0.586	0.432
Greasy tongue fur	0.584	0.472
Slippery pulse	0.608	0.507
Blood stasis
Chest pain	0.345	0.538
Cyanotic lips	0.580	0.786
Dim complexion	0.642	0.796
Dark purple tongue	0.564	0.748
Petechiae or ecchymosis on the tongue	0.559	0.734
Sublingual vein cyanosis	0.556	0.706

value <0.01.