Research Article
Anorectal Motility and Sensation Abnormalities and Its Correlation with Anorectal Symptoms in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis: A Preliminary Study
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of the study populations. Comparisons between SSc patients and matched normal controls are performed by Student’s -test. Data are shown as mean ± SE, (range of values), or percentages. Mean GI symptoms: mean of total GI symptoms scored as prevalence, self-reported on the GI symptoms questionnaire by SSc patients or normal controls. Daily GI meds: the percentage of subjects per group that are on daily medication (s) to treat GI symptoms. SF-36 PCS and SF-36 MCS: physical component summary score and mental component summary score derived from the SF-36 questionnaire.
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