Clinical Study
Prediction of Inadequate Bowel Preparation Using Total and Segmental Colon Transit Time in Patients with Chronic Constipation: Some Different Outcomes
Table 5
Characteristics compared between adequate and inadequate bowel preparation in the STC group.
| | Features | Total () | Adequate () | Inadequate () | |
| | Age (years) | | | | 0.540 | | Males | 18 (45.00%) | 6 (42.85%) | 12 (46.15%) | 0.842 | | BMI (kg/m2) | | | | 0.362 | | History of smoking | 18 (45.00%) | 6 (42.85%) | 12 (46.15%) | 0.973 | | Symptoms | | | | | | Distension | 29 (72.50%) | 9 (64.29%) | 20 (76.92%) | 0.393 | | Pain | 10 (25.00%) | 3 (21.42%) | 7 (26.92%) | 0.702 | | Unfinished defecation | 10 (25.00%) | 2 (14.28%) | 8 (30.76%) | 0.251 | | ≥20 min | 16 (40.00%) | 4 (25.00%) | 12 (46.15%) | 0.257 | | Bowel movements | | | | | | <3/week | 33 (82.50%) | 9 (64.28%) | 24(92.31%) | 0.026 | | TCTT (h) | | | | <0.001 |
|
|
STC: slow transit constipation.
|
