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. 2024 Jul 30;11(8):921. doi: 10.3390/children11080921

Table 1.

Patient characteristics.

Hirschsprung with
Symptoms
N = 26		 Hirschsprung without
Symptoms
N = 34		 Control
without Symptoms
N = 51		 Functional
Constipation
N = 51		 p-Value
Gender (female, male) 7:19 (27%:73%) 6:28
(18%:72%)		 36:15
(71%:29%)		 26:25
(51%:49%)
Age at pullthrough (months, mean) 13 23 - -
Age at rectal ultrasound (years, mean) 4.85 5.23 7 7
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    HD with vs. without symptoms: p = 0.457

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    HD with symptoms vs. Control: p = 0.032

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    HD with symptoms vs. FC: p = 0.067
Months after pullthrough (mean, min.–max.) 45.2 (8–161) 38.42 (0–191) - -
Mean transrectal diameter TRD at first scan (cm) 3.45,
SD 1.01		 2.31,
SD 0.57		 2.05,
SD 0.37		 4.36,
SD 1.39
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    TRD HD with symptoms vs. without symptoms: p < 0.001

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    TRD HD without symptoms vs. CG: p = 0.02

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    TRD HD with symptoms vs. FC: p = 0.001

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    TRD HD follow-up vs. FC follow-up: p = 0.874
Symptoms
Yes/No		 Yes No - Yes 26 (51%)
No 34 (49%)
Symptoms
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    soiling

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    stool accidents

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    distended abdomen
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    soiling: 14 (54%)

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    distended abdomen: 6 (23%)

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    constipation: 12 (46%)

 - -
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    soiling: 17 (65%)

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    distended abdomen: 7 (27%)

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    constipation (94%)

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    faecaloma: 15 (58%)
Months last follow-up (mean) 4.6 - 3.3
Transrectal diameter TRD last follow-up (mean) 2.49,
SD 0.5		 2.48,
SD 0.36