Table 6.

Confirmatory factor analysis of CCMQ.

Factor 1			Factor 2			Factor 3
Gentleness			Qi-deficiency			Yang-deficiency
Variable	Factor loading	R 2	Variable	Factor loading	R 2	Variable	Factor loading	R 2
Q1	0.497	0.247	Q2	−1.398	0.485	Q17	0.722	0.521
Q2	−2.087	0.485	Q3	0.694	0.481	Q18	0.739	0.546
Q7	−1.602	0.441	Q4	0.713	0.508	Q19	0.755	0.57
Q8	0.804	0.79	Q5	0.678	0.46	Q21	1.253	0.9
Q21	0.474	0.9	Q6	0.449	0.202	Q22	0.466	0.417
Q27	−0.461	0.206	Q7	−0.943	0.441	Q52	0.651	0.424
Q53	0.224	0.05	Q22	0.224	0.217	Q55	0.625	0.391
Q54	−0.485	0.235	Q26	0.362	0.131
Factor 4			Factor 5			Factor 6
Yin-deficiency			Phlegm-wetness			Wetness-heat
Variable	Factor loading	R 2	Variable	Factor loading	R 2	Variable	Factor loading	R 2
Q16	0.602	0.362	Q13	0.697	0.486	Q39	0.539	0.29
Q20	0.658	0.433	Q15	0.713	0.509	Q41	0.568	0.322
Q29	0.507	0.257	Q28	0.523	0.274	Q48	0.582	0.338
Q35	0.665	0.443	Q42	0.588	0.346	Q56	0.612	0.374
Q38	0.651	0.423	Q49	0.689	0.475	Q59	0.591	0.349
Q44	0.629	0.395	Q50	0.456	0.208	Q60	0.554	0.307
Q46	0.651	0.424	Q51	0.475	0.226
Q57	0.5	0.25	Q58	0.605	0.366
Factor 7			Factor 8			Factor 9
Blood-stasis			Qi-depression			Special diathesis
Variable	Factor loading	R 2	Variable	Factor loading	R 2	Variable	Factor loading	R 2
Q27	−0.009	0.206	Q8	1.581	0.79	Q23	0.466	0.217
Q33	0.564	0.318	Q9	0.79	0.624	Q24	0.59	0.349
Q36	0.674	0.454	Q10	0.806	0.65	Q25	0.689	0.475
Q37	0.443	0.196	Q11	0.826	0.682	Q30	0.689	0.475
Q40	0.672	0.451	Q12	0.636	0.404	Q31	0.605	0.365
Q43	0.599	0.359	Q14	0.676	0.458	Q32	0.621	0.386
Q45	0.651	0.424	Q34	0.7	0.49
			Q47	0.612	0.374
Confirmatory factor analysis model (Goodness of fit statistics for CCMQ)
SB χ 2	df	P value	RMSEA	90% CI for RMSEA	SRMR	CFI	TLI	IFI
7027.2	1668	<0.001	0.0563	(0.0549, 0.0576)	0.0626	0.969	0.967	0.969

SB χ ²: The Satorra-Bentler scaled Chi-square statistic; df: Degree of freedom; RMSEA: Root mean square error of approximation; SRMR: Standardized root mean square residual; CFI: Comparative fit index; TLI: Tucker-Lewis index; IFI: Incremental Fit index.