Electroacupuncture for Functional Constipation: A Multicenter, Randomized, Control Trial

Table 3

The proportion of severe constipation patients in LCI, HCI, and mosapride groups.

Severe constipation, (%)	LCI ()	HCI ()	MC ()	value
Baseline	34 (58.62)	32 (49.23)	34 (50.75)	0.54
2 W	20 (34.48)	12 (18.46)	17 (25.37)	0.13
4 W	15 (25.86)	12 (18.46)	17 (25.37)	0.54
8 W	15 (25.86)	6 (9.23)	17 (25.37)	0.03

, versus baseline; , versus baseline. , versus LCI; , versus mosapride.
Severe constipation defined as spontaneous bowel movements less than 2 times per week.
and values were used through the Signed-Rank test.
and values were used through the least significant difference (LSD).
values were for the comparison among the three groups and were calculated with the analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), except for the comparison of the baseline values, which used an analysis of variance (ANOVA).