Table 6.
Pearson's correlation between tongue temperature and the scores of the cold-heat pattern questionnaire factors at the RA, RB, and RC regions.
| Group | Cold pattern | Heat pattern | ||||
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| Factor 1 | Factor 2 | Factor 1 | Factor 2 | Factor 3 | ||
| Body temperature | r | -0.049 | 0.037 | 0.004 | -0.081 | 0.004 |
| P-value | 0.575 | 0.669 | 0.962 | 0.354 | 0.961 | |
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| RA | r | -0.013 | -0.197 | -0.160 | -0.180 | 0.009 |
| P-value | 0.879 | 0.023 | 0.065 | 0.037 | 0.916 | |
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| RB | r | -0.071 | -0.195 | -0.161 | -0.203 | 0.070 |
| P-value | 0.413 | 0.024 | 0.062 | 0.019 | 0.423 | |
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| RC | r | -0.057 | -0.195 | -0.142 | -0.171 | 0.051 |
| P-value | 0.515 | 0.024 | 0.103 | 0.048 | 0.556 | |
Note: RA: R3; RB: R0, R1, R2, and R4; RC: R5 and R6; R0: tongue center; R1: right side of the tongue center; R2: left side of the tongue center; R3: tip of the tongue; R4: center of the tongue root; R5: right side of the tongue root; and R6: left side of the tongue root. Bold numbers indicate significant correlations.