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. 2023 Mar 4;94(3):987–995. doi: 10.1038/s41390-023-02539-9

Table 4.

CoMiSS score initially (T0) and after 4 weeks of CMFD (T1) in both the groups.

Negative CMA (n = 16) Confirmed CMA (n = 84) Test of significance, p value
Total CoMiSS Score T0
Median [min–max] 12.00 [6.00–22.00] 17.00 [2.00–26.00] 0.006*
Mean ± SD 12.44 ± 5.01 16.39 ± 5.13
 Crying: median [IQR] 4.00 [5.00] 6.00 [3.00] 0.016*
 Regurgitation: median [IQR] 5.00 [5.50] 5.00 [1.00] 0.905 NS
 Stool: median [IQR] 4.00 [5.00] 6.00 [2.00] 0.038*
 Skin: median [IQR] 0.00 [2.00] 2.00 [6.00] 0.026*
 Respiratory: median [IQR] 0.00 [2.00] 0.50 [2.00] 0.669 NS
Total CoMiSS Score T1
Median [min–max] 6.50 [0.00–15.00] 1.50 [0.00–10.00] 0.001*
Mean ± SD 7.19 ± 5.55 2.07 ± 2.24
 Crying: median [IQR] 1.50 [4.00] 0.00 [2.00] 0.040*
 Regurgitation: median [IQR] 1.50 [3.00] 0.00 [0.00] <0.0001*
 Stool: median [IQR]] 0.00 [5.00] 0.00 [0.00] 0.002*
 Skin: median [IQR] 0.00 [1.50] 0.00 [0.00] 0.037*
 Respiratory: median [IQR] 0.00 [0.00] 0.00 [1.00] 0.598 NS
Total CoMiSS Score percentage change
Median [IQR] −36.11 [−78.81] −91.41 [−18.35] <0.0001*
Mean ± SD −44.33 ± 40.47 −87.22 ± 13.97
Percentage of patients improved after CMFD (n, %)
Crying 78/90 (86.67%) 5/13 (38.46%) 73/77 (94.81%) <0.0001*
Regurgitation 69/75 (92.00%) 8/12 (66.67%) 61/63 (96.83%) 0.0004*
Stool 82/91 (90.11%) 6/12 (50.00%) 76/79 (96.20%) <0.0001*
Skin 54/60 (90.00%) 2/6 (33.33%) 52/54 (96.30%) <0.0001*
Respiratory 34/49 (69.39%) 5/7 (71.43%) 29/42 (69.05%) 0.429 NS
Total CoMiSS Score percentage change
>50% reduction in total score 8 (50.00%) 82 (97.62%) <0.0001*

IQR interquartile range, * statistically significant, NS non significant.