Table 3. Hospital visits^a of patients with chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction.

		Male	Female	Total	P-value
Interval between first visit to present hospital and definitive diagnosis	Days (min/median/max)	0/28/6162	0/47/3287	0/30/6162
	0–30 days (%)	60.7	38.1	50.5	0.005b
	31–90 days (%)	20.5	22.1	21.2
	>90 days (%)	18.9	39.8	28.2
Previous hospital(s) attended	Present (%)	12.2	29.4	20.0	0.004c
Present hospital attending	Same as where CIPO was diagnosed (%)	95.0	91.4	93.4	0.471c
Frequency of hospital visits	Visits/month (min/median/max)	0.30/1.00/6.00	0.10/1.00/6.00	0.10/1.00/6.00

^aWeighted mean, median, and proportions in population (n = 1148) based on answers from survey sample (n = 168; 76 males and 92 females).

^bDifference between males and females (χ² test for trend).

^cDifference between males and females (χ² test).