The Relationship between the Severity of Constipation and Exercise Status in the Japanese Population according to Questionnaire Survey

Table 1

Characteristics of the study participants.

	Exercise ()	Nonexercise ()	value
Age (years)			<0.001
Gender
Male	72	72
Female	177	235	0.144
BMI (kg/m^2)			0.283
Frequency of bowel movements			0.005
Difficult or painful evacuation			0.012
Incomplete evacuation			0.068
Abdominal pain			<0.001
Length of time per attempt			0.033
Assistance for evacuation including laxatives			0.787
Unsuccessful attempts at evacuation per 24 hours			0.022
Duration of constipation as history			0.031
Severity of constipation CSS score			<0.001

BMI: body mass index; CSS: constipation scoring system. Data are . and compared exercise with nonexercise.