Table 2.

A. ARM Characteristics and Balloon Expulsion Tests in all Patients with DD [data show median (IQR), other than proportions able to expel the balloon]
	Males; [n]	Females; [n]	p-value
Maximum anal resting pressure (mm Hg)	87.8 (67.6, 111.0); [67]	82.4 (64, 98.6); [332]	0.04*
10–90th percentile	56.6–131.4	49.3–116.5
Maximum anal squeeze pressure (mm Hg)	182.4 (155.1, 244.1); [67]	128.7 (102.1, 159.6); [329]	<0.01*
10–90th percentile	114.0–299.3	77.2–205.0
Added balloon weight (g)	500.0 (188.0, 564.0); [67]	564.0 (376.0, 564.0); [323]	censored
10–90th percentile	0.0–586.0	188.0–586.0
Able to expel balloon with 0g added weight (%)	23.9; [16]	7.4; [24]	<0.01#
Unable to expel balloon with 0g added weight (%)	76.1; [51]	92.6; [299]

B. ARM Characteristics and Balloon Expulsion Tests in Patients with DD and Normal Colonic Transit at 24 Hours (GC >1.47, 10th percentile of 208 healthy volunteers)
	Males; [n]	Females; [n]	p-value
Maximum anal resting pressure (mm Hg)	89.1 (64.3, 114.8); [40]	83.5 (64.9, 98.2); [176]	0.10*
10–90th percentile	55.3–133.8	46.8–118.7
Maximum anal squeeze pressure (mm Hg)	205.1 (164.7, 274.9); [40]	127.2 (98.5, 157.4); [176]	<0.01*
10–90th percentile	136.8–330.8	77.0–205.1
Added balloon weight (g)	500.0 (0, 564.0); [40]	564.0 (340.8, 586); [172]	censored
10–90th percentile	0.0–586.0	122.2–586.0
Able to expel balloon with 0g added weight (%)	27.5; [11]	8.7; [15]	<0.01#
Unable to expel balloon with 0g added weight (%)	72.5; [29]	91.3; [157]

^*Mann-Whitney rank sum test

^#Chi-square test