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

Table 9

Comparison of symptom scores between male and female patients in treatment group before and after treatment ( ± s).

Groups	Defecation frequency		Defecation time		Difficult defecation
	0 weeks	2^nd week	0 weeks	2^nd week	0 weeks	2^nd week
Male	1.18 ± 0.76	0.41 ± 0.50	1.38 ± 0.71	0.51 ± 0.64	1.97 ± 0.78	0.79 ± 0.73
Female	1.33 ± 0.64	0.33 ± 0.51	1.55 ± 0.62	0.39 ± 0.49	1.91 ± 0.83	0.41 ± 0.61
value	0.290	0.423	0.224	0.312	0.680	0.005