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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2015 Jul 30;27(10):1504–1508. doi: 10.1111/nmo.12636

Table 1.

Comparison of Anorectal Parameters in All Participants

Variable HRM Portable
Manometry
HRM vs Portable Manometry

CCC
(95% CI)
Bland-
Altmana
P valueb

Anal average rest pressure 77±4 54±3 .45 (.29, .58) .04 0.0001

Maximum anal squeeze 158±8 125±17 .60 (.46, .72) .12 0.0001

Anal pressure during Valsalva maneuver 126±8 72±4 .29 (.16, .34) <0.0001 0.0001

Simulated evacuation without rectal distention

Rectal pressure 37±4 35±3 .62 (0.43, .76) .02 0.67
Anal pressure 80±4 53±3 .22 (.04, .39) .32 0.0001
Rectoanal gradient −42±5 −17±4 .22 (.02, .41) .34 0.0001
Anal relaxation 8±6 −24±8 .39 (.19, .56) .04 .0001

Simulated evacuation with rectal distention

Rectal pressure 30±4 41±3 .31 (.07, .51) .04 0.0001
Anal pressure 75±5 47±3 .15 (−.01, .30) .0002 0.0001
Rectoanal gradient −45±6 −6±4 .25 (.10, .40) .003 0.0001
Anal relaxation 12±4 −69±46 .05 (.01, .09) <.0001 .081

First sensation (mL) 55±4 49±4 0.53 (.31, .70) .16 0.12
Desire to defecate (mL) 85±5 82±4 0.53 (.29, .70) .07 0.5
Urgency (mL) 121±7 113±5 0.46 (.20, .66) .03 0.37

Abbreviation: HRM, high-resolution manometry

a

Test for (Pearson) correlation of differences versus overall mean.

b

Paired comparison between HRM and portable manometry