Table 3.

HAQL Adolescents - Known-groups validity for the proposed score (significant results are given in boldface)

Dimensions	Disease statusa HD N = 16 ARM N = 34	Clinical status
		Autonomy status a Usual A. N = 37 Lower A. N = 9	Soiling b Grade 0 N = 22 Grade 1 N = 18 Grade 2 N = 3 Grade 3 N = 3	Constipation b Grade 0 N = 28 Grade 1 N = 3 Grade 2 N = 5 Grade 3 N = 5	Voluntary bowel movements b Grade 0 N = 25 Grade 1 N = 4 Grade 2 N = 2 Grade 3 N = 3
Overall scale	608 ± 96 p = 0.95	Usual A.: 628 ± 65 Lower A.: 484 ± 130 p  = 0.0261	Grade 0: 650 ± 39 Grade 1 or 2 or 3: 564 ± 109 p  = 0.0224	Grade 0 or 1 or 2: 616 ± 85 Grade 3: 479 ± 137 p  = 0.0134	608 ± 96 p  = 0.0127
1- Laxative Diet	89 ± 18 p = 0.73	Usual A.: 92 ± 16 Lower A.: 71 ± 21 p  = 0.0288	89 ± 18 p = 0.29	Grade 0: 94 ± 11 Grade 1 or 2 or 3: 72 ± 23 p  = 0.0008	89 ± 18 p = 0.21
2- Presence of Diarrhea	83 ± 25 p = 0.63	84 ± 25 p = 0.18	84 ± 25 p = 0.31	84 ± 25 p = 0.94	84 ± 25 p = 0.44
3- Fecal Continence	86 ± 19 p = 0.59	Usual A.: 90 ± 16 Lower A.: 62 ± 16 P  = 0.0008	Grade 0: 97 ± 6 Grade 1: 83 ± 16 Grade 2: 67 ± 11 Grade 3: 43 ± 17 p  < 0.0001	Grade 0 or 1: 85 ± 19 Grade 2 or 3: 69 ± 19 p  = 0.0067	Grade 0: 89 ± 18 Grade 1 or 2 or 3: 67 ± 13 p  = 0.0141
4- Urinary Continence	98 ± 7 p = 0.52	98 ± 7 p = 0.17	98 ± 7 p = 0.47	98 ± 7 p = 0.08	98 ± 7 p = 0.06
5- Social Functioning	93 ± 20 p = 0.55	93 ± 20 p = 0.14	93 ± 20 p = 0.53	Grade 0 or 1 or 2: 97 ± 12 Grade 3: 61 ± 45 p  = 0.0207	93 ± 20 P  = 0.0009
6- Emotional Functioning and Body Image	84 ± 21 p = 0.84	Usual A.: 89 ± 14 Lower A.: 54 ± 24 p  = 0.0042	Grade 0: 96 ± 6 Grade 1 or 2 or 3: 72 ± 23 p  = 0.0004	Grade 0 or 1 or 2: 87 ± 18 Grade 3: 53 ± 28 p  = 0.0020	84 ± 21 p  = 0.0078
7- Physical symptoms	72 ± 19 p = 0.58	72 ± 19 p = 0.10	Grade 0 or 1 or 2: 85 ± 21 Grade 3: 68 ± 16 p  = 0.0092	Grade 0 or 1 or 2: 73 ± 16 Grade 3: 48 ± 21 p  = 0.0129	72 ± 19 p = 0.06

^aStudent’s t-test, ^bANOVA with post hoc pairwise Student’s t-tests