An extended assessment of bowel habits in a general population

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World Journal of Gastroenterology

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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 1, 2004; 10(5): 713-716
Published online Mar 1, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i5.713

Table 4 Correlations among bowel habits

	Bowel	Straining	Incomplete/difficult	Manual	Lumpy/hard	Laxatives
	mov/day		evacuation	manoeuvres	stools
Bowel movements (per day)	1	-0.365^a	-0.246^b	-0.123^b	-0.218^b	-0356^b
Straining		1	0.562^b	0.293^b	0.592^b	0.416^b
Incomplete/difficult evacuation			1	0.327^b	0.558^b	0.273^b
Manual manoeuvres				1	0.303^b	0.233^b
Lumpy/hard stools					1	0.300^b
Laxatives						1

^bP < 0.01.

Citation: Bassotti G, Bellini M, Pucciani F, Bocchini R, Bove A, Alduini P, Battaglia E, Bruzzi P, Group ICS. An extended assessment of bowel habits in a general population. World J Gastroenterol 2004; 10(5): 713-716
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v10/i5/713.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v10.i5.713