Research Article
Multivariate Analysis as a Method for Evaluating the Conceptual Perceptions of Korean Medicine Students regarding Phlegm Pattern
Table 7
Factor loadings for the items of the phlegm pattern questionnaire responded by the fourth-year students.
| Item | Factor | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Indigestion | 0.713 | −0.145 | 0.388 | 0.114 | 0.120 | 0.041 | −0.110 | 0.048 | Feeling of abdominal fullness | 0.705 | 0.091 | 0.312 | 0.050 | 0.082 | 0.056 | 0.054 | −0.050 | Rumbling sound in the abdomen | 0.669 | 0.359 | −0.072 | 0.250 | 0.063 | 0.204 | −0.067 | −0.022 | Sickness | 0.607 | −0.038 | 0.025 | 0.072 | −0.001 | −0.220 | 0.229 | 0.336 | Startled by faint noise | 0.047 | 0.866 | −0.133 | 0.044 | 0.075 | 0.012 | −0.153 | 0.060 | Palpitation | 0.077 | 0.834 | −0.104 | 0.066 | 0.147 | 0.093 | 0.057 | 0.104 | Tinnitus | −0.045 | 0.613 | 0.281 | −0.048 | 0.342 | 0.066 | 0.324 | −0.092 | Itching | 0.034 | 0.437 | 0.353 | 0.381 | −0.164 | 0.315 | 0.022 | 0.158 | Feeling heavy in the limbs | 0.175 | −0.047 | 0.769 | 0.210 | −0.136 | 0.186 | 0.048 | 0.102 | Fatigue | 0.251 | −0.132 | 0.744 | 0.164 | 0.191 | 0.039 | −0.038 | −0.022 | Poor appetite | 0.509 | −0.042 | 0.548 | 0.087 | 0.152 | 0.057 | 0.256 | 0.078 | Shortness of breath | 0.039 | 0.210 | 0.548 | 0.118 | −0.011 | −0.202 | 0.257 | 0.430 | Dark circles under the eyes | 0.128 | 0.181 | 0.180 | 0.762 | 0.192 | −0.044 | −0.060 | 0.034 | Yellowish face | 0.146 | −0.121 | 0.248 | 0.726 | 0.061 | 0.181 | −0.031 | 0.198 | Lumps | 0.233 | 0.087 | 0.161 | 0.525 | −0.171 | 0.184 | 0.347 | −0.036 | Unclearness in the head | 0.299 | 0.047 | 0.089 | −0.081 | 0.747 | 0.127 | −0.062 | −0.056 | Dizziness | 0.112 | 0.280 | 0.031 | 0.037 | 0.730 | −0.009 | 0.222 | 0.019 | Headache | −0.083 | 0.128 | −0.020 | 0.315 | 0.678 | 0.155 | −0.051 | 0.279 | Mucousy stool | 0.348 | 0.109 | 0.034 | 0.389 | −0.453 | 0.284 | 0.093 | −0.001 | Flank pain | −0.047 | 0.238 | 0.046 | 0.019 | 0.033 | 0.854 | 0.079 | 0.087 | Joint pain | 0.132 | −0.036 | 0.121 | 0.194 | 0.143 | 0.762 | 0.199 | 0.094 | Feeling of foreign body in the throat | 0.022 | 0.103 | 0.115 | 0.020 | 0.026 | 0.064 | 0.828 | −0.010 | Sputum | 0.080 | −0.238 | −0.065 | 0.001 | 0.074 | 0.430 | 0.670 | 0.201 | Cough | 0.036 | 0.100 | 0.043 | 0.226 | 0.053 | 0.168 | 0.074 | 0.804 | Feeling heavy in the chest | 0.165 | 0.021 | 0.278 | −0.438 | 0.136 | 0.192 | −0.094 | 0.563 | Variance explained (%) | 10.257 | 10.146 | 9.905 | 9.009 | 8.597 | 8.165 | 6.890 | 6.042 |
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Symptoms with factor loading ≥0.4 are marked bold.
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