Colonic Transit Time and Gut Peptides in Adult Patients with Slow and Normal Colonic Transit Constipation

Table 2

GSRS symptom scores recorded in constipated patients categorized according to the time of colonic transit.

	NTC; (31)	STC; (20)
Abdominal pain	2 (2-3)	2 (1–3)	ns
Borborygmi	2 (2-3)	2 (2-3)	ns
Bloating	3 (2–4)	3 (2-3)	ns
Flatulence	2 (2-3)	2 (2-3)	ns
Reduced frequency of evacuation	2 (1-2)	3 (2-3)	0.008
Hard stools	3 (2–4)	3.5 (2–4)	ns
Feeling of incomplete evacuation	3 (3-4)	3 (3-4)	ns

Data expressed as median and the 25th–75th interquartile range and analysed by Mann–Whitney test. NTC: normal transit constipation; STC: slow transit constipation.