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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Autism Dev Disord. 2017 Jun;47(6):1673–1681. doi: 10.1007/s10803-017-3084-6

Table 6.

Behavioral relationships with functional constipation in participants who were taking behavioral medications and no GI medications

Summary Statistics Adjusting for Age and Verbal Status
Variable Total N 0. No Rome III Diagnoses N=19 1. Functional Constipation (± Others) N=21 Difference (95% CI) P-Value
RBS-R Compulsive 38 4.5(4.7) 5.3(5.1) −0.02 [−2.51,2.48] 0.990
RBS-R Ritualistic 38 4.4(4.7) 8.1(4.0) 3.36 [0.69,6.04] 0.018
RBS-R Sameness 38 7.5(7.1) 11.3(6.4) 3.26 [−0.83,7.35] 0.124
RBS-R Self-Injurious 38 2.4(2.9) 4.4(2.4) 1.86 [0.23,3.49] 0.030
RBS-R Stereotyped 38 4.4(3.5) 5.3(3.3) 0.33 [−1.52,2.19] 0.727
RBS-R Restricted 37 3.7(2.9) 4.1(2.8) 0.12 [−1.62,1.87] 0.889
ABC Stereotypy 40 5.4(4.8) 5.0(4.0) −0.46 [−3.16,2.24] 0.739
ABC Inappropriate Speech 40 3.4(3.1) 4.3(3.0) 1.05 [−0.80,2.90] 0.270
ABC Irritability 40 11.6(10.4) 13.8(8.2) 1.82 [−3.72,7.36] 0.520
ABC Hyperactivity 40 17.9(13.6) 19.6(9.8) 0.44 [−6.57,7.45] 0.903
ABC Lethargy/Social Withdrawal 40 11.4(9.8) 8.6(6.9) −3.18 [−8.29,1.93] 0.227
SensOR Tactile Sensitivity 40 0.2(0.2) 0.4(0.2) 0.18 [0.05,0.30] 0.007