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Table 8 Scores of BC in obese and the non-obese grous

From: Development and evaluation of short-form version of the Constitution in Chinese Medicine Questionnaire: study a new and best brief instrument of Chinese medicine for health management

Edition of short-form

BC type

BMI ≥ 25

BMI < 25

Mann–Whitney U

Wilcoxon W

Z

P-value

Mean ± SD

Mean Rank

Sum of Ranks

Mean ± SD

Mean rank

Sum of ranks

A

GTC

68.84 ± 15.28

163.58

46,292.00

72.32 ± 14.60

183.39

8986.00

6106.00

46,292.00

− 1.346

0.178

QDC

24.00 ± 15.18

165.68

46,888.50

25.17 ± 16.36

171.21

8389.50

6702.50

46,888.50

− 0.378

0.705

YaDC

26.56 ± 23.92

169.95

48,097.00

20.07 ± 19.16

146.55

7181.00

5956.00

7181.00

− 1.592

0.111

YiDC

22.88 ± 15.58

166.33

47,072.00

22.28 ± 14.27

167.47

8206.00

6886.00

47,072.00

− 0.078

0.938

PDC

22.20 ± 36.22

157.94

44,697.50

36.22 ± 23.67

215.93

10,580.50

4511.50

44,697.50

− 3.946

0.000**

DHC

26.06 ± 16.37

160.54

45,432.50

34.06 ± 19.39

200.93

9845.50

5246.50

45,432.50

2.736

0.006**

BSC

17.93 ± 15.87

167.39

47,370.00

17.86 ± 18.00

161.39

7908.00

6683.00

7908.00

− 0.411

0.681

QSC

28.06 ± 17.68

165.49

46,835.00

29.76 ± 19.17

172.31

8443.00

6649.00

46,835.00

− 0.466

0.641

SDC

18.93 ± 17.13

166.57

47,140.50

19.13 ± 18.37

166.00

8137.50

6912.50

8137.50

− 0.034

0.973

B

GTC

71.24± 19.84

182.92

58,717.00

75.17 ± 16.62

202.41

9918.00

7036.00

58,717.00

− 1.20

0.231

QDC

21.26 ± 20.44

181.22

58,171.00

26.79 ± 19.93

213.55

10,464.00

6490.00

58,171.00

− 2.02

0.044

YaDC

33.96 ± 26.83

191.38

61,434.00

22.79 ±21.64

146.96

7201.00

5976.00

7201.00

− 2.73

0.006**

YiDC

30.61 ± 18.82

185.06

59,404.50

30.61 ± 19.79

188.38

9230.50

7723.50

59,404.50

− 0.20

0.838

PDC

23.96 ± 19.27

174.85

56,127.50

41.33 ± 23.07

255.26

12,507.50

4446.50

56,127.50

− 4.95

0.000**

DHC

30.56 ± 20.74

185.14

59,429.00

30.27 ± 18.38

187.88

9206.00

7748.00

59,429.00

− 0.17

0.866

BSC

24.40 ± 19.57

186.27

59,792.50

21.94 ± 13.25

180.46

8842.50

7617.50

8842.50

− 0.36

0.720

QSC

30.40 ± 20.14

185.52

59,552.50

29.76 ± 17.18

185.36

9082.50

7857.50

9082.50

− 0.01

0.992

SDC

16.93 ± 19.16

182.51

58,585.50

18.19 ± 15.47

205.09

10,049.50

6904.50

58,585.50

− 1.41

0.159

C

GTC

73.63 ± 16.23

166.08

47,000.00

71.01 ± 22.13

162.02

7615.00

6487.00

7615.00

− 0.28

0.780

QDC

23.06 ± 15.25

163.84

46,367.50

25.89 ± 18.24

175.48

8247.50

6181.50

46,367.50

− 0.79

0.431

YaDC

27.74 ± 22.56

171.50

48,535.00

19.41 ± 22.28

129.36

6080.00

4952.00

6080.00

− 2.82

0.005**

YiDC

26.15 ± 16.90

162.32

45,936.50

30.85± 19.35

184.65

8678.50

5750.50

45,936.50

− 1.50

0.135

PDC

26.30 ± 19.24

153.75

43,512.00

44.86 ± 20.67

236.23

11,103.00

3326.00

43,512.00

− 5.53

0.000**

DHC

29.04 ± 18.58

162.10

45,873.50

33.24 ± 18.98

185.99

8741.50

5687.50

45,873.50

− 1.60

0.110

BSC

17.31 ± 16.16

165.56

46,853.00

16.84 ± 15.49

165.15

7762.00

6634.00

7762.00

− 0.03

0.978

QSC

29.06 ± 20.06

167.11

47,291.00

25.53 ± 18.26

155.83

7324.00

6196.00

7324.00

− 0.76

0.448

SDC

16.08 ± 17.08

162.92

46,107.00

19.50 ± 18.74

181.02

8508.00

5921.00

46,107.00

− 1.23

0.218

  1. Data form 322, 370 and 330 cases were used to analyze divergent validity of SF-WQ9CCMQ- Editions A, B and C, respectively
  2. Abbreviations: GTC: Gentleness constitution, QDC: Qi-deficiency constitution, YaDC: Yang-deficiency constitution,YiDC: Yin-deficiency constitution, PDC: phlegm-dampness constitution, DHC: damp-heat constitution, BSC: blood-stasis constitution, QSC: Qi-stagnation constitution and ISC: inherited-special constitution; BC: body constitution