A Randomized Controlled Trial of Chinese Patent Medicine Xiao’er Biantong Granules in the Treatment of Functional Constipation in Children

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:7.02em"/><col style="width:2.62em"/><col style="width:6.39em"/><col style="width:6.05em"/><col style="width:4.23em"/><col style="width:5.44em"/><col style="width:7.06em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="7"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Group</td><td class="align_center"><span style="width: 6.6501ptpx;"><svg height="6.1673pt" id="M31" style="vertical-align:-0.2063904pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -5.96091 6.6501 6.1673" width="6.6501pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M495 86L479 114C446 82 419 66 409 66C401 66 401 72 406 97C420 166 436 231 453 297C489 435 454 448 428 448C406 448 384 439 354 422C305 394 222 327 161 247H159L183 345C200 415 194 448 173 448C143 448 82 410 23 351L38 325C64 349 95 371 105 371C111 371 116 365 109 336L25 -4L31 -12C50 -4 77 3 107 9C119 69 132 122 145 168C197 254 321 381 370 381C387 381 393 374 378 305L329 95C309 17 320 -12 345 -12C372 -12 430 19 495 86Z" id="g113-111"></path></g></svg></span></td><td class="align_center">SBM ≥ 3/w</td><td class="align_center">SBM &lt; 3/w</td><td class="align_center"><svg height="8.68572pt" id="M32" style="vertical-align:-0.0498209pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.6359 8.15071 8.68572" width="8.15071pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M600 480C600 590 528 650 384 650H143L137 622C222 614 225 607 210 531L130 127C113 41 106 36 23 28L17 0H294L300 28C204 36 195 42 212 127L243 284L314 263C327 263 339 263 352 264C465 271 600 337 600 480ZM508 481C508 351 402 304 329 304C289 304 265 311 250 317L295 559C302 594 310 606 323 611C335 616 350 619 367 619C455 619 508 573 508 481Z" id="g113-81"></path></g></svg> value</td><td class="align_center">Difference</td><td class="align_center">95% CI</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="7"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">XEBT group</td><td class="align_center">335</td><td class="align_center">291 (86.87%)</td><td class="align_center">44 (13.13%)</td><td class="align_center" rowspan="2">0.0001</td><td class="align_center" rowspan="2">55.96%</td><td class="align_center" rowspan="2">46.4%, 65.52%</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Placebo group</td><td class="align_center">110</td><td class="align_center">34 (30.91%)</td><td class="align_center">76 (69.09%)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="7"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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