TABLE 3.
Group | Number of pellets | Expulsion Time (min) | Number of pellet movements | Frequency of CMCs (cpm) | Frequency of reflex movements (cpm) |
No Krebs (N = 7) | 13 | 15.4 ± 2.2 (n = 13) | 4.3 ± 0.5 (n = 13) | 0.21 (0.18, 0.29) (n = 13) | 0.06 (0.05, 0.11) (n = 7) |
Krebs (N = 17) | 27 | 7.5 ± 0.9a (n = 27) | 2.8 ± 0.2b (n = 27) | 0.16 (0.12, 0.23) (n = 14) | 0.25 (0.14, 0.68)c (n = 23) |
aP < 0.001, bP = 0.002, cP = 0.001 compared to No Krebs. Values are presented as mean ± SEM for parametric distributions or median (Q25, Q75) for non-normal distributions. P values for Time and Number of Pellets were determined by Student’s independent T tests with equal variances. P values for Frequencies of CMC and Reflex Movements were determined by Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney tests.