Table 3.

Scores of neurocognitive dimensions in different categories of TCM constitution

Category of TCM constitution	Visual–spatial ability	Naming	Attention	Language	Abstract reasoning	Memory	Orientation to time and place
Balance	2.50 ± 1.55*	2.27 ± 0.86*	4.59 ± 1.47	2.64 ± 0.65	0.85 ± 0.80	1.77 ± 1.85	5.28 ± 1.37
Qi-deficiency	2.18 ± 1.78	2.24 ± 0.83	4.00 ± 1.94	2.47 ± 0.72	0.76 ± 0.75	1.12 ± 1.32	5.18 ± 1.55
Qi-depression	1.29 ± 1.46	1.50 ± 1.17	3.57 ± 1.83	2.39 ± 0.57	0.61 ± 0.79	1.21 ± 1.62	4.79 ± 1.71
Dampness-heat	1.50 ± 2.12	2.50 ± 0.71	3.00 ± 2.83	2.50 ± 0.71	0 ± 0	1.50 ± 2.12	4.00 ± 2.83
Special constitution	2.29 ± 1.80	2.29 ± 0.76	4.14 ± 2.34	2.43 ± 0.79	0.86 ± 0.9	1.43 ± 1.40	5.00 ± 1.00
Phlegm-dampness	2.11 ± 1.25	2.21 ± 0.84	3.89 ± 1.91	2.47 ± 0.85	0.70 ± 0.80	1.60 ± 1.75	5.23 ± 1.28
Blood-stasis	2.42 ± 1.73	2.00 ± 0.60	4.33 ± 1.87	2.33 ± 0.98	0.33 ± 0.78	1.33 ± 1.61	5.00 ± 1.04
Yin-deficiency	1.79 ± 1.63	1.93 ± 0.90	3.90 ± 1.63	2.41 ± 0.80	0.73 ± 0.73	1.16 ± 1.65	4.84 ± 1.45
Yang-deficiency	1.89 ± 1.51	1.94 ± 1.08	3.94 ± 1.66	2.69 ± 0.53	0.71 ± 0.83	1.69 ± 1.79	5.17 ± 1.50

^* P < 0.05