Colorectal motility patterns and psychiatric traits in functional constipation and constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome: A study from China

Table 4 Correlations of psychiatric characteristics and anorectal sensation thresholds in constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome and functional constipation patients

		Thresholds of first sensation				Thresholds of desire to defecate					Thresholds of urgency
		High	Normal	r	P value	Low	Normal	High	r	P value	Low	Normal	High	r	P value
IBS-C	Anxiety degree			0.414	< 0.05				0.404	< 0.05				0.407	< 0.05
	Depression degrees			0.803	> 0.05				0.019	> 0.05				-0.018	> 0.05
FC	Anxiety degree			0.241	> 0.05				0.111	> 0.05				0.242	> 0.05
	Depression degrees			-0.098	> 0.05				-0.166	> 0.05				-0.233	> 0.05

IBS-C: Constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome; FC: Functional constipation.