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Table 4 The correlation of Qi-depressed and Yin-deficient constitutions with neurocognitive dimensions

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

 

Qi-depression

Yin-deficiency

Β (95%CI)

P

β (95%CI)

P

Visual–spatial ability

− 0.91 (− 1.54 ~ − 0.28)

0.005

− 0.53 (− 0.97 ~ − 0.08)

0.020

Naming

− 0.64 (− 1.04 ~ − 0.25)

0.001

− 0.24 (− 0.52 ~ 0.03)

0.086

Attention

− 0.55 (− 1.22 ~ 0.11)

0.103

− 0.39 (− 0.85 ~ 0.08)

0.102

Language

− 0.07 (− 0.37 ~ 0.24)

0.657

− 0.16 (− 0.37 ~ 0.06)

0.150

Abstract reasoning

− 0.17 (− 0.52 ~ 0.18)

0.332

− 0.08 (− 0.32 ~ 0.17)

0.528

Memory

− 0.21 (− 0.96 ~ 0.54)

0.580

− 0.48 (− 1.00 ~ 0.05)

0.074

Orientation to time and place

− 0.11 (− 0.70 ~ 0.49)

0.727

− 0.23 (− 0.65 ~ 0.18)

0.269

  1. Age, education, exercise regularly, depression, sleeping hours were adjusted in the models