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Table 2 Demographic and medical characteristics of the study population according to clinical outcome at last follow-up

From: Health-related quality of life in young adults with symptoms of constipation continuing from childhood into adulthood

 

Unsuccessful (n = 43)

Successful (n = 139)

 

Mean

SD

Range

Mean

SD

Range

Intake characteristics

      

   Age of onset (years)

3.9

3.7

0.0–12.0

3.1

2.4

0.0–10.0

   Age at intake (years)

10.0*

2.6

5.1–17.1

9.0

2.3

5.1–16.1

   Defecation/week

2.2

2.5

0.0–14.0

3.1

3.4

0.0–16.0

   Fecal incontinence/week

13.3

12.5

0.0–37.0

13.0

10.8

0.0–56.0

 

%

 

N

%

 

N

   Gender (male)

44.2**

 

19

62.6

 

87

   Large stools

74.4

 

32

61.2

 

85

   Painful defecation

54.8

 

17

48.1

 

52

   Abdominal pain

61.3

 

19

49.5

 

54

   Abdominal scybalus

23.8

 

10

20.9

 

29

   Rectal scybalus

34.9

 

15

26.6

 

37

 

Mean

SD

Range

Mean

SD

Range

Last follow-up characteristics

      

   Age at last follow-up (years)

21.7

2.4

18.1–27.3

21.3

2.2

17.7–27.8

   Follow-up duration (years)

11.7

1.9

7.0–15.0

12.3

1.8

8.0–15.0

   Defecation/week

2.4***

1.5

0.3–7.0

6.5

3.3

3.0–28.0

   Fecal incontinence/week

0.5***

1.6

0.0–7.0

0.0

0.0

0.0–0.3

 

%

 

N

%

 

N

   Painful defecation

46.5***

 

20

17.3

 

24

   Abdominal pain

62.8****

 

27

33.1

 

46

  1. *p = 0.02; **p = 0.03; ***p < 0.001; ****p = 0.001