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Table 2.

Manometric data as assessed by an expert and with the aid of the software program and their correlations.

	Data Analysis	Data Analysis		C orrelations

	By Expert	By Software	p	r²	p
Resting pressure (mmHg)	75 (67–82)	78 (71–85)	0.5	0.99	0.0001
Maximum squeeze (mmHg)	219 (192–247)	217 (188–247)	0.9	0.99	0.0001
Rectal pressure during party balloon inflation (mmHg)	52 (43–61)	50 (38–63)	0.8	0.97	0.0001
Anal pressure during party balloon inflation (mmHg)	139 (122–156)	134 (118–151)	0.7	0.99	0.0001
Rectal pressure bearing-down (mmHg)	49 (38–59)	49 (38–59)	0.9	0.93	0.0001
Anal pressure bearing-down (mmHg)	57 (45–70)	61 (48–74)	0.5	0.98	0.0001
Defecation index	1.1 (0.7–1.5)	0.7(0.5–0.9)	0.08	0.97	0.0001
Rectal pressure bearing-down with 60cc balloon (mmHg)	75 (65–89)	77 (65–88)	0.9	0.93	0.0001
Anal pressure bearing-down with 60cc balloon (mmHg)	48 (36–61)	55 (43–66)	0.4	0.86	0.0001
Defecation index with 60cc balloon	1.9 (1.5–2.3)	1.1(0.7–1.5)	0.4	0.81	0.0001

p value, Student t-test; mean (95% CI), Confidence Interval