Effect of posture on anorectal manometric measurements in female patients with fecal incontinence and rectoanal intussusception

Table 1 Characteristics of patients

	Total (n = 80)	CRAI (n = 30)	non-CRAI (n = 50)	P value^a
Age, years	75 (39‒92)	76 (49‒92)	73 (39‒92)	0.10*
Parity	2 (0‒5)	2 (0‒4)	2 (0‒5)	0.56*
Type of fecal incontinence
Passive/urgent/mixed	51/17/12	20/5/5	31/12/7	0.73^†
Previous pelvic surgery	33	13	20	0.77^†
Hysterectomy	13	5	8
Surgery for hemorrhoids	11	5	6
Surgery for POP	8	3	5
Surgery for anal fistula	1	0	1
Irritable bowel syndrome	3	0	3	0.29
FI severity index scores	21 (8‒59)	24 (8‒38)	20 (8‒59)	0.53*
CSS scores	6 (0‒20)	6 (0‒20)	6 (0‒17)	0.85*

Values are presented as n or median (range)
CRAI circumferential rectoanal intussusception, POP pelvic organ prolapse, FI fecal incontinence, CSS constipation scoring system
^aCRAI versus non-CRAI group
*Mann–Whitney U test
^†chi-square test

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