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

Table 3 Comparison between psychiatric and colorectal motility characteristics in constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome and functional constipation patients

Variable	IBS-C				FC
	Anxiety	Without anxiety	Depression	Without depression	Anxiety	Without anxiety	Depression	Without depression
STC	21	16	25	12	4	1	3	2
NTC	24	6	21	9	8	3	5	6
First sensation
High	26	8	21	11	10	1	5	6
Normal	14	9	11	12	4	5	4	5
Desire toa
Low	19	11	13	16	6	4	6	4
Normal	16	6	15	6	8	2	4	6
High	4	0	3	1	1	0	0	1
Urgency
Low	15	12	14	12	4	4	5	3
Normal	21	5	15	10	10	2	5	7
High	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	1

^aχ² = 4.054, P < 0.05 for the association of the threshold of desire to defecate and depression in constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome patients.

The values are expressed as numbers (n). STC: Slow transmit constipation; NTC: Normal transmit constipation; IBS-C: Constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome; FC: Functional constipation.