Initial Effects of Electroacupuncture for Chronic Severe Functional Constipation and the Potential Underlying Factors: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:4.53em"/><col style="width:5.96em"/><col style="width:7.82em"/><col style="width:5.96em"/><col style="width:7.82em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">CSBMs</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">EA group (n=527)</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">SA group (n=524)</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_center">Responders</td><td class="align_center">Non-responders</td><td class="align_center">Responders</td><td class="align_center">Non-responders</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">≤1</td><td class="align_center">70(76.1)</td><td class="align_center">410(94.5)</td><td class="align_center">36(52.2)</td><td class="align_center">425(93.4)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">&gt;1 to ≤2</td><td class="align_center">22(23.9)</td><td class="align_center">25(5.75)</td><td class="align_center">33(47.8)</td><td class="align_center">30(6.59)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Details in the interaction between group and baseline CSBMs.</div>

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Table 5: Initial Effects of Electroacupuncture for Chronic Severe Functional Constipation and the Potential Underlying Factors: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial 

Table 5 | Initial Effects of Electroacupuncture for Chronic Severe Functional Constipation and the Potential Underlying Factors: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial 