Table 3.

Relevant of Symptoms and TCM clinical features

	Fever	Cough	Shortness of breath	Abnormal digestion	Anorexia	Red tongue with white coating	Deep pulse
Fever	1	− 0.299a	− 0.411b	0.346a	0.057	0.316a	0.450b
Cough	− 0.299a	1	− 0.203	− 0.311a	− 0.083	− 0.056	− 0.024
Shortness of breath	− 0.411b	− 0.203	1	0.032	0.02	− 0.15	− 0.406b
Abnormal digestion	0.346a	− 0.311a	0.032	1	0.039	− 0.016	0.234
Anorexia	0.057	− 0.083	0.02	0.039	1	− 0.17	− 0.175
Red tongue with white coating	0.316a	− 0.056	− 0.15	− 0.016	− 0.17	1	0.639b
Deep pulse	0.450b	− 0.024	− 0.406b	0.234	− 0.175	0.639b	1

^aCorrelation significant, at 0.05 level; ^bat 0.01 level