Pelvic floor physical therapy combined with biofeedback electrical stimulation for postoperative fecal incontinence in children with Hirschsprung’s disease

Table 1 Comparison of baseline data between the two groups

Factors/groups		Combined treatment group	Single treatment group	χ2/t/Z value	P value
Age (year), median (IQR)		3(3.00, 6.50)	3 (3.00, 5.00)	-0.314	0.754
Gender	Male	17	23	0.26	0.61
	Female	8	8
Surgical age, median (IQR)		0.7 (0.46, 2.00)	0.7 (0.42, 1.00)	-0.099	0.921
Symptom duration, median (IQR)		2 (1.00, 2.25)	2 (1.50, 2.50)	-0.296	0.767
Pathological type	Short segment	1	1	-0.513	0.608
	Common type	19	22
	Long segment	5	8

IQR: Interquartile range.