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Table 3 Scores of neurocognitive dimensions in different categories of TCM constitution

From: The influence of TCM constitutions and neurocognitive function in elderly Macau individuals

Category of TCM constitution

Visual–spatial ability

Naming

Attention

Language

Abstract reasoning

Memory

Orientation to time and place

Balance

2.50 ± 1.55*

2.27 ± 0.86*

4.59 ± 1.47

2.64 ± 0.65

0.85 ± 0.80

1.77 ± 1.85

5.28 ± 1.37

Qi-deficiency

2.18 ± 1.78

2.24 ± 0.83

4.00 ± 1.94

2.47 ± 0.72

0.76 ± 0.75

1.12 ± 1.32

5.18 ± 1.55

Qi-depression

1.29 ± 1.46

1.50 ± 1.17

3.57 ± 1.83

2.39 ± 0.57

0.61 ± 0.79

1.21 ± 1.62

4.79 ± 1.71

Dampness-heat

1.50 ± 2.12

2.50 ± 0.71

3.00 ± 2.83

2.50 ± 0.71

0 ± 0

1.50 ± 2.12

4.00 ± 2.83

Special constitution

2.29 ± 1.80

2.29 ± 0.76

4.14 ± 2.34

2.43 ± 0.79

0.86 ± 0.9

1.43 ± 1.40

5.00 ± 1.00

Phlegm-dampness

2.11 ± 1.25

2.21 ± 0.84

3.89 ± 1.91

2.47 ± 0.85

0.70 ± 0.80

1.60 ± 1.75

5.23 ± 1.28

Blood-stasis

2.42 ± 1.73

2.00 ± 0.60

4.33 ± 1.87

2.33 ± 0.98

0.33 ± 0.78

1.33 ± 1.61

5.00 ± 1.04

Yin-deficiency

1.79 ± 1.63

1.93 ± 0.90

3.90 ± 1.63

2.41 ± 0.80

0.73 ± 0.73

1.16 ± 1.65

4.84 ± 1.45

Yang-deficiency

1.89 ± 1.51

1.94 ± 1.08

3.94 ± 1.66

2.69 ± 0.53

0.71 ± 0.83

1.69 ± 1.79

5.17 ± 1.50

  1. * P < 0.05