Table 2 Comparison between latent variables and existing CM syndromes

Y18

Y18 = s0

Y18 = s1

0.43

0.57

Thirst

0.07

1

●

Favour of drinking

0.18

0.78

●

Y17

Y17 = s0

Y17 = s1

0.34

0.66

Dry mouth

0.39

1

●

●

●

●

Dry throat

0.01

0.53

●

●

●

●

Bitter taste

0.19

0.64

●

●

●

●

Agitation

0.33

0.66

●

Y16

Y16 = s0

Y16 = s1

0.62

0.38

Weary limbs

0.31

1

●

Sore knees

0.21

0.83

●

●

●

Hypochondriac pain

0.01

0.29

●

●

Backache

0.51

0.88

●

●

●

●

Pain in the chest and hypochondrium

0

0.15

●

Aphthous stomatitis

0.2

0.53

●

●

Y15

Y15 = s0

Y15 = s1

0.81

0.19

Heavy headedness

0.18

0.88

●

Head distension

0.25

0.91

●

Difficulty falling asleep alone

0.02

0.25

●

Y14

Y14 = s0

Y14 = s1

0.69

0.31

Insomnia with vexation

0.05

0.64

●

●

●

Restless sleep

0.48

0.93

●

●

●

Vexation in sitting and lying down

0

0.21

●

Difficulty staying asleep

0.79

1

●

●

●

●

Y13

Y13 = s0

Y13 = s1

0.82

0.18

Sleeping late at night

0.29

1

●

●

●

Frequent awakening with a start

0.14

0.75

●

●

Half asleep

0.35

0.94

●

Poor memory

0.93

0.66

●

●

●

●

Y12

Y12 = s0

Y12 = s1

0.48

0.52

Headache

0.25

0.82

●

●

●

Excessive dreaming

0.38

0.91

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

Night sweating

0.06

0.55

●

●

●

Feverish sensations in the palms soles and chest

0.02

0.43

●

●

●

●

Tinnitus

0.18

0.54

●

●

●

●

●

Y11

Y11 = s0

Y11 = s1

0.88

0.12

Nausea

0.01

1

●

Poor appetite

0.16

0.82

●

●

●

●

●

Y10

Y10 = s0

Y10 = s1

0.61

0.39

Fright palpitation

0.03

0.41

●

Dyspnea

0.15

0.58

●

●

Tasteless

0.01

0.27

●

Lassitude

0.78

1

●

Oppression in the chest

0.18

0.53

●

●

●

●

Cold extremities

0.23

0.59

●

Y09

Y09 = s0

Y09 = s1

0.46

0.54

Frequent sighing

0.09

0.73

●

Fatigue

0.27

0.81

●

●

Vexation

0.14

0.64

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

Unrefreshing sleep

0.72

0.99

●

Dizziness

0.09

0.46

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

Difficulty falling asleep with vexation

0.23

0.63

●

●

Palpitation

0.06

0.34

●

●

●

●

●

●

Y08

Y08 = s0

Y08 = s1

0.39

0.61

Thoughtful

0.34

1

●

Y07

Y07 = s0

Y07 = s1

0.39

0.61

Impatience

0.09

0.92

●

●

●

Irritability

0

0.71

●

●

●

Y05

Y05 = s0

Y05 = s1

0.55

0.45

Belching

0.25

0.96

●

●

●

Gastric stuffiness

0.03

0.42

●

●

●

Stuffiness and pain in stomach and abdomen

0.06

0.38

●

Stuffiness in stomach and abdomen

0.13

0.48

●

Profuse sputum

0.12

0.43

●

Difficulty falling asleep

0.68

0.93

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

Hypochondriac distension

0.02

0.17

●

Y04

Y04 = s0

Y04 = s1

0.76

0.24

Acid regurgitation

0.15

1

●

●

Insomnia

0.56

1

●

●