Efficacy and Safety of Maxing Xianchang Su in the Treatment of Functional Constipation: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 11

The comparison of symptom scores between male and female patients in the treatment group during follow-up ( ± s).

Groups	Defecation frequency	Defecation time	Difficult defecation	Abdominal distension	Defecation traits
Male	0.28 ± 0.46	0.36 ± 0.49	0.54 ± 0.51	0.38 ± 0.49	0.51 ± 0.68
Female	0.28 ± 0.45	0.36 ± 0.48	0.36 ± 0.52	0.25 ± 0.44	0.42 ± 0.56
value	0.993	0.997	0.088	0.165	0.463