Study of the Gastrointestinal Heat Retention Syndrome in Children: From Diagnostic Model to Biological Basis

Table 2

Characteristics of the group with GHRS and group without GHRS.

Characteristics	Positive GHRS group	Negative GHRS group	χ^2	value
Gender, no. (%)			0.157	0.692
Male	231 (50.99)	109 (52.66)
Female	222 (49.01)	98 (47.34)
Age range, no. (%),			30.918	≤0.001
3–6years	250 (55.19)	66 (31.88)
7–14years	203 (44.81)	141 (68.12)

, which shows there is a significant difference between the two groups.