Use of a device that applies external kneading-like force on the abdomen for treatment of constipation

Table 3 CTT results for day 4, 7 and their sum. Application of Student’s t-test for paired samples and Pearson’s correlation coefficient.

	Markers count d 4 and 7			Markers count d 7			Markers count d 4
	B-L	Treatment	%	B-L	Treatment	%	B-L	Treatment	%
Average CTT	92.3	49.38	47	40.23	15.46	62	52.08	33.92	35
SD	32.35	31.30		17.71	19.0		16.14	17.47
K-S d1	0.168	0.139		0.123	0.212		0.114	0.177
K-S P2	>0.2	>0.2		>0.2	>0.2		>0.2	>0.2
Lilliefors P	>0.2	>0.2		>0.2	>0.1		>0.2	>0.2
Student’s
t-value		5.239		5.228				3.317
Student’s P		0.000208		0.000212				0.00614
Pearson’s r		0.570		0.569				0.313
Pearson’s P		0.042		0.042				0.298

¹Kolmogorov-Smirnov distance.

²Kolmogorov-Smirnov P-value.