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Table 7 Associations between PI and QBYY-Q scores

From: Validation of the qi blood yin yang deficiency questionnaire on chronic fatigue

  

QD

BD

YnD

YgD

Crude

QD-Q score

Reference

0.05 (0.01, 0.26) ***

0.17 (0.02, 0.61) **

0.07 (0.01, 0.44) *

BD-Q score

Reference

10.97 (2.10, 57.19) **

1.25 (0.25, 6.32)

4.99 (0.90, 27.60)

YnD-Q score

Reference

1.32 (0.21, 8.18)

10.69 (1.72, 66.42) *

0.66 (0.10, 4.51)

YgD-Q score

Reference

0.64 (0.17, 2.32)

0.28 (0.07, 1.13)

14.64 (3.80, 56.38) ***

Model 1

QD-Q score

Reference

0.04 (0.01, 0.24) ***

0.12 (0.02, 0.66) *

0.05 (0.01, 0.40) **

BD-Q score

Reference

5.88 (1.04, 33.12)

1.07 (0.20, 5.79)

2.39 (0.38, 14.18)

YnD-Q score

Reference

2.12 (0.32, 14.19)

12.57 (1.90, 83.07)**

1.22 (0.16, 9.20)

YgD-Q score

Reference

0.53 (0.14, 2.01)

0.27 (0.07, 1.10)

13.56 (3.40, 53.99) ***

  1. Odds ratio OR (95 % confidence interval) obtained from multinomial logistic regression, qi deficiency was used as a reference category, Model 1 adjusted for sex and age, QD qi deficiency, QD-Q qi deficiency questionnaire, BD blood deficiency, BD-Q blood deficiency questionnaire, YnD yin deficiency, YnD-Q yin deficiency questionnaire, YgD yang deficiency, YgD-Q yang deficiency questionnaire, FL factor loading
  2. * <0.05, ** <0.01, *** <0.001