Table 1 Participant characteristics of both pediatric groups.

From: Comparing surface electroenterography measurements between patients suffering from Hirschsprung’s disease and controls: a feasibility study

 

Controls (n = 7)

Patients (n = 9)

p-value

Girls (n)

3

1

0.146

Age (years)

1.5 (0.5–5.0)

0.3 (0.3–0.4)

0.055

Weight-for-length Z-score (SD)

0.3 (-0.5–1.3)

0.5 (-0.2–0.7)

0.918

Defecation frequency (per week)

10 (7–17)

14 (14–15.5)

0.210

Bristol stool scalea

5 (4–6)

6 (6–7)

0.042

Duration of fasting (h)

4.0 (3.0–4.5)

3.5 (3–4.5)

0.837

Meal content (kcal)

222 (112–492)

101 (79–142)

0.042

Meal duration (min)

10.3 (6.0–13.6)

17.2 (4.1–24.8)

0.606

Aganglionic length (cm)

–

5.2 (3.5–6.5)

–

  1. an = 4 for the patient group, as the other patients completely relied on rectal irrigation.
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