Validation of the Cantonese version of the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Body constitution Questionnaire in elderly people

Table 7 Correlations among the subscale scores of TCMECQ-C (Third Version)

Subscale	BC 1	BC 2	BC 3	BC 4	BC 5	BC 6	BC 7	BC 8	BC 9
BC 1	1
BC 2	0.29^**	1
BC 3	0.21^**	0.28^**	1
BC 4	0.08^b	0.11^b	0.22^**b	1
BC 5	0.07^b	0.22^**b	0.15^*b	0.35^**a	1
BC 6	0.13^*b	0.20^**b	0.21^**b	0.14^*	0.18^**	1
BC 7	0.37^**	0.28^**b	0.29^**b	0.09	0.018^**	0.18^**	1
BC 8	0.11^b	0.30^**b	0.18^**b	0.16^*	0.16^**	0.11	0.13^*	1
BC 9	− 0.19^**	− 0.29^**	− 0.26^**	− 0.26^**	− 0.21^**	− 0.14^*	− 0.23^**	− 0.15^*	1

BC 1: Qi-deficiency Constitution, BC 2: Yang-deficiency Constitution, BC 3: Yin-deficiency Constitution, BC 4: Phlegm-dampness Constitution, BC 5: Dampness-heat Constitution, BC 6: Stagnant Blood Constitution, BC 7: Stagnant Qi Constitution, BC 8: Inherited Special Constitution, BC 9: Balanced Constitution
^**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)
^*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)
^aSufficient convergent validity:
(1) Moderate to strong correlation: 0.30 < r < 0.70
(2) Strong correlation: r ≥ 0.70
^bSufficient of divergent validity between the scales: r ≤ 0.30

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