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. 2013 Jul 5;23(4):288–294. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20120173

Table 3. Hospital visitsa 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).