Efficacy and Safety of Maxing Xianchang Su in the Treatment of Functional Constipation: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 10

Comparison of symptom scores of male and female patients in the treatment group before and after treatment ( ± s).

Groups	Abdominal distension		Defecation traits
	0 weeks	2^nd week	0 weeks	2^nd week
Male	2.08 ± 0.90	0.62 ± 0.75	1.87 ± 0.66	0.69 ± 1.00
Female	2.23 ± 0.75	0.28 ± 0.58	1.95 ± 0.72	0.52 ± 0.71
value	0.341	0.020	0.568	0.340